Dear Editor,Acute myocarditis(AM)is an inflammatory diseases,usually secondary to infectious or auto-immune disorders.[1-3]Myocarditis patients with hemodynamic failure are usually classified as fulminant myocarditis(...
Unheralded cardiac arrest among previously healthy young people without antecedent illness,months or years after coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)vaccination,highlights the urgent need for risk stratification.The mos...
BACKGROUND Cardiovascular diseases and cancer are leading causes of morbidity and mortality.Patients with malignancies are at increased risk for cardiovascular complications including acute coronary syndromes,chemothe...
Occasionally,incessant ventricular tachycardia(VT)exhibits a narrow QRS complex pattern that could be misdiagnosed as supraventricular tachycardia.In this case,a 66-year-old woman was referred to the emergency departm...
Myocarditis is a serious cardiovascular ailment that can lead to severe consequences if not promptly treated.It is triggered by viral infections and presents symptoms such as chest pain and heart dysfunction.Early det...
INTRODUCTION Subacute thyroiditis is a self-limiting inflammatory disorder of the thyroid gland in which a viral infection has most often been implicated as the cause.Many cases of subacute thyroiditis follow an upper...
Ms Anna Kamdar is supported by research funding from the British Heart Foundation MBPhD(FS/MBPhD/22/28011);Robert Sykes is supported by funding from the British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence award(RE/18/6/34217);NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Endowment Fund-ing(GN21CA394);Cameron Thomson is supported by research funding from The University of Glasgow Doctoral Training Programme.Dr Kenneth Mangion is supported by research funding from the Chief Scientist Office(COV/LTE/20/10,COV/GLA/20/05);Ms Michelle Lee is supported by research funding from the British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excel-lence(RE/18/6/34217);Professor Tom Van Agtmael is supported by research funding from EPSRC-Horizon Europe(EP/X031721/1[EU Ref:101072766])and MRC(MR/R005567/1);Professor Colin Berry is supported by research funding from the British Heart Foundation(FS/17/26/32744,PG/18/52-33892,RE/18/6/34217)and Medical Research Council(MR/SO18905/1).
Causal associations between viral infections and acute myocardial injury are not fully understood,with mech-anisms potentially involving direct cardiovascular involvement or systemic inflammation.This review explores ...
funded by CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(CIFMS)(NO.2020-I2M-C&T-B-054).
Fulminant myocarditis(FM)is a severe inflammatory cardiac disease,typically triggered by viral pathogens or autoimmune disorders.[1,2]Early symptoms of the disease can be mild and nonspecific,but in certain cases,pati...
Myocarditis is a significant public health concern because of its potential to cause heart failure and sudden death.The standard invasive diagnostic method,endomyocardial bi-opsy,is typically reserved for cases with s...
Paediatric cardiac disease is an established cause of ischemic stroke in the neonatal and infantile groups. These diseases may be congenital or acquired. However, clinical myocarditis is in itself, relatively uncommon...