Macroscopic changes of the heart are observed in severe forms of myocarditis when the dilatation of the heart chambers and changes in the myocardial consistence may occur.

The histological finding may be very various. The most common one is lympho…

The knowledge about myocarditis and ICMP is still limited. It is determined by their varied aetiology and sometimes not quite cleared autoimmune processes which have been detected in myocarditis. Most of the information about the pathogenesis of thes…

Aetiology of myocarditis is highly varied (Tab. 1) and includes both infectious and non-infectious agents. The introduction of PCR and electron microscopy for the analysis of bioptically taken samples of the myocardium of patients with myocarditis ha…

The determination of the epidemiology of myocarditis and ICMP is complicated as a result of a lot of factors including primarily challenging diagnosis lacking for now in a single test which would provide sufficient specificity and sensitivity for the…

Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium of the focal or diffuse characteristic caused primarily by a viral agent. It is a condition with a varied manifestation and course including asymptomatic cases, new-onset dilated cardiomyopathy…