New guidance proposed for the diagnosis and treatment of acute myocarditis in adults addresses two key gaps with a four-part staging system — never before proposed for myocarditis — and a five-step ...

Myocarditis describes inflammation of heart tissue known as the myocardium. This inflammation can affect the electrical system of the heart and reduce the heart’s ability to pump blood around the body ...

Some patients being treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors, a type of cancer immunotherapy, develop a dangerous form of heart inflammation called myocarditis. Researchers led by physicians and ...

The first large population study to investigate the association between different COVID-19 vaccines types and cardiac effects and adverse events shows a small increase in the risk for acute ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . T-cell receptors in the hearts of patients with immunotherapy-induced myocarditis differed from those in their ...

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel is set to meet Wednesday to discuss reports of myocarditis and pericarditis in some COVID-19 mRNA vaccine recipients. Leading up to ...

People may use the term “viral heart disease” to describe viral myocarditis. This refers to when a viral infection causes inflammation of heart muscle tissue. Inflammation is the body’s natural ...