NYMC Faculty Publications
Myocarditis: Somethings Old and Something New
DOI
10.1016/j.carpath.2019.107155
Journal Title
Cardiovascular Pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology
First Page
107155
Last Page
107155
Document Type
Review Article
Publication Date
1-2020
Department
Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Keywords
Autoimmune Diseases, Autoimmunity, Biopsy, Cardiomyopathies, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Humans, Myocarditis, Myocardium, Predictive Value of Tests, Prognosis, Risk Factors, Virus Diseases
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
"Since the pathological conditions take place at the cellular level, viral myocarditis and postinfectious autoimmunity can be suggested but not diagnosed clinically. All clinical methods including imaging techniques are misleading if infectious agents are involved. Accurate diagnosis demands simultaneous histologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular biological workup of the tissue. If the primary infectious or immune-mediated causes of the disease are carefully defined by clinical and biopsy-based tools, specific antiviral treatment options in addition to basic symptomatic therapy are available under certain conditions. These may allow a tailored cause-specific treatment that improves symptoms and prognosis of patients with acute and chronic disease." Uwe Kühl; Heinz-Peter SchultheissViral myocarditis.Swiss Medical Weekly. 144():w14010, JAN 2014 DOI:10.4414/smw.2014.14010.
Recommended Citation
Razzano, D., & Fallon, J. T. (2020). Myocarditis: Somethings Old and Something New. Cardiovascular Pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology, 44, 107155-107155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carpath.2019.107155
