In the current issue of Open Heart, the study by Butler and colleagues completed a much-needed investigation that provides valuable insights into the risk of developing incident myocarditis in the ...
[1] The term IE refers to infection of the endocardial surface of the heart and implies the presence of micro-organisms within the lesion. Although the heart valves are most commonly affected ...
To reduce progression to heart failure in a patient with acute myocardial infarction, it is important to achieve the earliest possible reperfusion, whether by thrombolysis or primary percutaneous ...
Acute myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the heart muscle that may progress to dilated cardiomyopathy and chronic heart failure. A number of factors including the sex hormone testosterone, ...