Title: Myocarditis : from bench to bedside /
Authors: Cooper, Leslie T.
Publisher: Humana Press,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Myocarditis.; Myocarditis; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
Contents: Introduction and historical perspective on experimental myocarditis -- The primary viruses of myocarditis -- Cellular autoimmunity in myocarditis -- Humoral immune response in viral myocarditis -- Cytokines in experimental myocarditis -- Nitric oxide signaling in myocarditis -- Life and death signaling pathways in CVB3-induced myocarditis -- Animal models of autoimmune myocarditis -- Progression of myocarditis to dilated cardiomyopathy: role of the adrenergic system and myocardial catecholamines -- Pathogenesis of enteroviral cardiomyopathy: interaction of viral proteins with infected myocytes -- Introduction to clinicalmyocarditis -- Use of cardiac biomarkers for detection of myocarditis -- Molecular biologic detection of virus infection in myocarditis and dilated cardiomopathy -- Pathology of human myocarditis -- Endomyocardial biopsy in myocarditis -- Treatment of lymphocytic myocarditis -- Idiopathic giant cell myocarditis -- Cardiac sarcoidosis -- The eosinophil in cardiac disease -- Chagas heart disease -- Cardiac involvement in Acute Rheumatic Fever -- Myocarditis associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- Childhood myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy -- Peripartum cardiomyopathy.