Recurrent viral myocarditis: The emerging link toward dilated cardiomyopathy

Hellenic J Cardiol. 2018 Jan-Feb;59(1):60-63. doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2017.08.003. Epub 2017 Aug 16.

Authors

Maria Nikolaou¹, George Lazaros², Apostolis Karavidas³, Sofia Hatzianastasiou⁴, Dimitris Miliopoulos⁴, Stamatis Adamopoulos⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, General Hospital "Sismanogleio-Amalia Fleming", Greece. Electronic address: marianikolaou1974@yahoo.com.
² First Department of Cardiology, 'Hippokration' Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
³ Department of Cardiology, Athens General Hospital, Greece.
⁴ 2nd Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 28822710
DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2017.08.003

No abstract available

Keywords: dilated cardiomyopathy; histopathology; myocarditis; prognosis; viral cardiomyopathy.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / diagnosis
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / etiology*
DNA, Viral / analysis
Disease Progression
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / methods
Myocarditis / complications
Myocarditis / diagnosis*
Myocarditis / virology
Myocardium / pathology*
Recurrence
Virus Diseases / complications
Virus Diseases / diagnosis*
Virus Diseases / virology

Substances

DNA, Viral