Diagnosis and Treatment of Myocarditis / edited by Jose Milei and Giuseppe Ambrosio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milei, J. (José), Editor.

Contributor:

Milei, J. (José), editor.

Ambrosio, Giuseppe, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Myocarditis.

Cardiovascular pharmacology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations some color

Place of Publication:

IntechOpen 2013

Rijeka, Croatia : InTech, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Myocarditis is a clinical syndrome, most frequently of infectious etiology, that occurs with a broad range of relatively non-specific symptoms, and consists of an inflammatory process of the heart with necrosis and degeneration of the myocardium by inflammatory infiltration of immune cells. The infection can cause direct injury of cardiomyocytes as well as immune-mediated destruction of the myocardium, leading to cardiac dysfunction. In this book, the broad aspects of myocarditis are fully presented by leading international experts. The texts are devoted to both clinical aspects and pathophysiology, and they present comprehensive reviews of the causes of myocarditis, its classification, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as myocarditis in special populations such as pediatric, peripartum and chronic chagasic myocarditis.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Intech, viewed October 19, 2022).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789535171393

9535171399

9789535110828

9535110829