Myocarditis Definition

Myocarditis Sentence Examples

• Coxsackie B virus causes myocarditis and might endanger the pig heart in an immune suppressed recipient of a xenograft.

• In a very few cases the child may die from complications related to myocarditis or from bowel perforation or lung disease caused by vasculitic ulcers.

• Coxsackie virus-A type of enterovirus that may produce a variety of illnesses, including upper respiratory infections, myocarditis, and pericarditis.

• These complications include inflammation of the heart tissue (myocarditis), disturbances in heartbeat rhythm (arrhythmias), and areas of blood vessel dilation (aneurysms) in the coronary arteries.

• The most serious complications caused by the exotoxin are inflammations of the heart muscle (myocarditis) and damage to the nervous system.