Coxsackie B Myocarditis
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- Myocarditis is an inflammatory involvement of the heart muscle characterized by a leukocyte infiltrate and resultant nonischemic necrosis or degeneration of valves
- It can range from asymptomatic involvement that ultimately resolves completely, through acute or late onset CHF
- The causes of myocarditis include many microbiologic agents, various forms of immunologically mediated damage, toxicity, hypersensitivity reactions, and reactions to physical agents
- Most cases of myocarditis are viral in origin
- Coxsackievirus A or B (strong assoc. w/diabetes)
- ECHO
- Poliovirus
- Influenze A and B
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