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Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Myocarditis ... Principles of Myocarditis ... Treat myocarditis ... - Lymphocytic Myocarditis ... - Giant Cell Myocarditis
Causes of Myocarditis - Infectious and Non-Infectious Causes

#Myocarditis #Causes #NonInfectious #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Myocarditis ... Non-Infectious Causes #Myocarditis
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Antlviral (lymphocytic myocarditis ... Immunosuppressants (chronic myocarditis ... eosinophilic) #Myocarditis
Myocarditis on Echocardiogram
It is always great to witness the tremendous reversal of severe biventricular dysfunction from
Myocarditis on Echocardiogram ... dysfunction from myocarditis ... Ivan_Echocardio #Myocarditis
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
Myocarditis - Diagnosis ... Beaudequin #Myocarditis
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
Causes of Myocarditis ... disease, Giant cell myocarditis ... Thyrotoxicosis #Myocarditis
Fulminant myocarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram

Fulminant myocarditis from H1 influenza a few years ago.
Healthy adult --> pericardiocentesis,
Fulminant myocarditis ... Echocardiogram Fulminant myocarditis ... #Fulminant #myocarditis
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Causes of Myocarditis ... Infectious Myocarditis ... Immune-mediated myocarditis ... Toxic myocarditis ... Electric Shock #Myocarditis
Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF) in biopsy proven eosinophilic myocarditis

 - Dr. Mazen Abu-Fadel
@maf204

#Endomyocardial #Fibrosis #EMF #eosinophilic #myocarditis
proven eosinophilic myocarditis ... #eosinophilic #myocarditis
Gadolinium Enhancement Patterns in Ischemic and Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathies
Ischemic:
 • Subendocardial Infarct
 • Transmural Infarct
Non-Ischemic:
 • Mid-wall
Cardiomyopathy - Myocarditis ... - Sarcoidosis, myocarditis ... : Sarcoidosis, myocarditis