TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 38. Myocarditis and Pericarditis
A1  - McBride, Sarah C.
A1  - Salvin, Joshua W.
A2  - Shah, Samir S.
PY  - 2009
T2  - Pediatric Practice: Infectious Disease
AB  - Myocarditis  is  a  term  used  to  describe  an  inflammatory  infiltrative  process  within  the  muscular  walls  of  the  heart  leading  to  degeneration  and  necrosis  of  cardiac  myocytes.  It  is  now  understood  that  a  spectrum  of  disease  with  overlapping  clinical  and  histological  characteristics  exists,  beginning  with  myocarditis  and  progressing  to  dilated  cardiomyopathy.  The  clinical  presentation  ranges  from  the  asymptomatic  patient  with  mild  ventricular  dysfunction,  ECG  changes,  and  a  self-resolving  process  to  the  patient  with  fulminant  heart  failure  leading  to  dilated  cardiomyopathy.  Pericarditis,  inflammation  of  the  pericardium,  may  occur  in  isolation  or  with  myocarditis  and  often  presents  in  a  similar  fashion.  
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PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/16
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6907738
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