Definitions for myocarditis
ˌmaɪ oʊ kɑrˈdaɪ tɪsmy·ocardi·tis

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1. myocardial inflammation, myocarditisnoun

   inflammation of the myocardium (the muscular tissue of the heart)

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1. myocarditisnoun

   Inflammation of the myocardium.

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1. Myocarditis

   Myocarditis, also known as inflammatory cardiomyopathy, is an acquired cardiomyopathy due to inflammation of the heart muscle. Symptoms can include shortness of breath, chest pain, decreased ability to exercise, and an irregular heartbeat. The duration of problems can vary from hours to months. Complications may include heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy or cardiac arrest.Myocarditis is most often due to a viral infection. Other causes include bacterial infections, certain medications, toxins and autoimmune disorders. A diagnosis may be supported by an electrocardiogram (ECG), increased troponin, heart MRI, and occasionally a heart biopsy. An ultrasound of the heart is important to rule out other potential causes such as heart valve problems.Treatment depends on both the severity and the cause. Medications such as ACE inhibitors, beta blockers, and diuretics are often used. A period of no exercise is typically recommended during recovery. Corticosteroids or intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) may be useful in certain cases. In severe cases an implantable cardiac defibrillator or heart transplant may be recommended.In 2013, about 1.5 million cases of acute myocarditis occurred. While people of all ages are affected, the young are most often affected. It is slightly more common in males than females. Most cases are mild. In 2015 cardiomyopathy, including myocarditis, resulted in 354,000 deaths up from 294,000 in 1990. The initial descriptions of the condition are from the mid-1800s.

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1. myocarditis

   Myocarditis is a medical condition characterized by the inflammation of the heart muscle, known as the myocardium. This condition can affect the heart muscle and the heart's electrical system, reducing the heart's ability to pump and causing rapid or abnormal heart rhythms. It is most often caused by a viral infection, but it can also result from a reaction to a drug or as part of a general inflammatory condition. Symptoms can range from fatigue and chest pain to more serious ones such as heart failure or sudden death.

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1. Myocarditisnoun

   inflammation of the myocardium

2. Etymology: [NL. see myocardium.]

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1. Myocarditis

   Myocarditis or inflammatory cardiomyopathy is inflammation of heart muscle. 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. The definition of myocarditis varies, but the central feature is an infection of the heart, with an inflammatory infiltrate, and damage to the heart muscle, without the blockage of coronary arteries that define a heart attack or other common noninfectious causes. Myocarditis may or may not include death of heart tissue. It may include dilated cardiomyopathy. Myocarditis is often an autoimmune reaction. Streptococcal M protein and coxsackievirus B have regions that are immunologically similar to cardiac myosin. During and after the viral infection, the immune system may attack cardiac myosin. Because a definitive diagnosis requires a heart biopsy, which doctors are reluctant to do because they are invasive, statistics on the incidence of myocarditis vary widely. The consequences of myocarditis thus also 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. Heart failure, even with dilated left ventricle, may have a good prognosis. Ventricular arrhythmias and high-degree heart block have a poor prognosis. Loss of right ventricular function is a strong predictor of death.

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1. Myocarditis

   Inflammatory processes of the muscular walls of the heart (MYOCARDIUM) which result in injury to the cardiac muscle cells (MYOCYTES, CARDIAC). Manifestations range from subclinical to sudden death (DEATH, SUDDEN). Myocarditis in association with cardiac dysfunction is classified as inflammatory CARDIOMYOPATHY usually caused by INFECTION, autoimmune diseases, or responses to toxic substances. Myocarditis is also a common cause of DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY and other cardiomyopathies.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of myocarditis in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

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   The numerical value of myocarditis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of myocarditis in a Sentence

1. Paul Offit:

   There was concern this would be misunderstood -- that people would think myocarditis was associated with vaccine, a colleague who was on the call said' This could put the kibosh on teenage vaccination.'.

2. Dave Montgomery:

   Taken together the studies support that SARS-CoV-2 does not have to cause clinical myocarditis in order to find the virus in large numbers and the inflammatory response in myocardial tissue. In other words, one can have no or mild symptoms of heart involvement in order to actually cause damage, viruses in general have a way of making their way to organs that are quite remote from the original site of infection. SARS-CoV-2 is no different in this regard.

3. Ben Haynes:

   In recent weeks, there have been rare reports of myocarditis and pericarditis occurring after COVID-19 vaccination in the United States and Europe, myocarditis and pericarditis are side effects that can be seen following a viral infection and other types of vaccination. Reported cases appear to be mild and often go away without requiring treatment.

4. Paul Offit:

   I think we need to show why a booster dose is clearly of benefit to 18-29 year-olds, because if it's not clearly of benefit, we have to consider the fact that myocarditis was a second dose phenomenon and may also be a third dose phenomenon. Do the benefits clearly and definitively outweigh risks for 18-29 year old ?

5. Robert Frenck:

   And so the myocarditis -- which means swelling of the muscles of the heart -- we have seen that as a rare side effect has been associated with it looks like the second dose of either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, rare meaning in the likelihood of a few per 100,000, so it's still like a 99.999 % chance that this won't happen. It's been almost all in teenage boys, and it's been mild been treated with Motrin( ibuprofen), and they've gotten better.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=myocarditis
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Myocarditis
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myocarditis
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myocarditis
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=myocarditis