The patient´s state of health, mainly in fulminant and giant cell myocarditis, may be sometimes very severe and pharmacological treatment itself is not sufficient in some situations. In such cases, physicians get provide mechanical support of…
This part of the treatment of myocarditis is already used in clinical practise, but it is still being researched. The mechanisms of the effect of these substances, which influence the activity of the…
Antibiotics are indicated for myocarditis, when the cause of the disease is a bacterium. Very frequently it is Borrelia burgdorferi which is transferred by ticks and causes Lyme disease. Treatment is under way mostly for seve…
Myocarditis may in some cases have a dramatic course and signs of heart failure and life-threatening arrhythmias can appear. During heart failure, the heart function gets worse – heart contractility is worse than normal. The conseque…
Knowledges of myocarditis, its diagnosis and treatment have undergone an enormous evaluation in recent years. However, physicians still have limited knowledges and possibilities in association with this disease, its course, diagnosis…
Scintigraphy is an isotope examination which can show the function of a certain organ. The principle is that a radioactive drug is administered to a patient, then scans are taken and according to the accumulation of the radioactive d…
Endomyocardial biopsy is an examination, when “tongs” are inserted into the patient´s heart through the vessel system. They are inserted into the right or left heart ventricle and then four or five very little pieces of heart tissue are collected….
Lab testing is in the case of myocarditis focused on the detection of biomarkers of heart muscle damage and the intensity of any inflammatory processes. Laboratory results along with imaging methods provide valuable information for d…
X-ray is maybe the oldest and best known imaging method in medicine. The essence of this examination is based on the fact that a certain part of patient´s body is “lit up” by X-ray. X-ray is absorbed less by tender tissues (like for example the lungs…
This is an imaging method, which uses magnetic characteristics of an atom´s nucleus, specifically protons (positively charged parts of the atom´s nucleus). Normally, the axes of these protons are turned in different directions. Durin…
ECHO is, together with ECG, one of the basic examinations in cardiology. The characteristics of ultrasound (sound of very high frequency over 20 000 Hz, which is not detected by human ears) are used in this method. During an ECHO exa…
An electrocardiograph is a device used for detecting changes of electrical potential (“electrical activity”) caused by heart activity. The record of these changes is called an electrocardiogram (ECG). The changes of heart electrical …
A physical examination is performed by a physician immediately after when a patient arrives at the doctor´s office. It could have different results at myocarditis. It is not unusual that the results are normal or atypical. Sometimes myocarditis can p…