Myocardiosis

Myocarditis or inflammatory cardiomyopathy is inflammation of heart muscle. The consequences of myocarditis vary widely.  It can cause a mild disease without any symptoms that resolves itself, or it may cause chest pain, heart failure, or sudden death. An acute myocardial infarction-like syndrome with normal coronary arteries has a good prognosis.

Myocarditis is most often due to infection by common viruses, such as parvovirus B19, less commonly nonviral pathogens such as Borrelia burgdorferi or Trypanosoma cruzi, or as a hypersensitivity response to drugs. Myocarditis can sometimes be an autoimmune disease. Streptococcal M protein and coxsackievirus B have regions that are similar to the myosin protein found in the heart muscle. Model for Myocarditis contains "Model induced by coxsackievirus B3 viral in mice", "A murine model induced by murine cytomegalovirus" and "A murine model induced by diphtheria toxin"etc..