Viral Myocarditis-A Short Description Information provided by the Viral Myocarditis Viral myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the heart. This is usually the heart muscle but it can involve other tissues in the heart. Viral myocarditis has been demonstrated to be induced primarily by at least two types of viruses, enteroviruses and adenoviruses. A variety of other viruses may be involved as well, although etiologic links are much less firmly established. However, these findings have not been confirmed by researchers in Europe, suggesting that HCV may perhaps be a local cause of myocarditis, located primarily on the western Pacific rim.
Viral myocarditis can lead to dilated cardiomyopathy, which can result in a failing heart.
Enteroviruses form a genus in the virus family, Picornaviridae . This link has been visited times since June 29, 1997.