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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-1
pubmed:abstractText
Myocarditis is difficult to diagnose owing to its diversity of presentation. Definitive treatment strategies remain elusive as well. Intuitively, therapies for viral myocarditis should be directed towards eradicating the viral infection and modulating the subsequent immune response. Antiviral agents have not yet been adequately studied. Immunomodulating therapy is difficult to develop as the immune system is both protective and injurious in this disease. Clinical trials to date suggest that there may be a window early in the disease process in which immunosuppressive therapy would be effective but this remains unproven. This possibility makes early diagnosis essential. Improved diagnostic and therapeutic measures clearly need to be developed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0038-3139
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
97
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
421-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Myocarditis.
pubmed:affiliation
MUSC Division of Cardiology, 96 Jonathan Lucas St., Suite 816, P.O. Box 250623, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article