Myocarditis
Summary Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium with a wide range of clinical presentations, from subtle to devastating....
Acute Pericarditis
Summary Acute pericarditis is an inflammation of the pericardium characterized by pericarditic chest pain, pericardial friction rub, and...
Sudden Cardiac Death
Practice Essentials Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is an unexpected death due to cardiac causes that occurs in a short time period (generally...
Acute Myocardial Infarction
Practice Essentials Myocardial infarction (MI) (ie, heart attack) is the irreversible death (necrosis) of heart muscle secondary to...
Wellens Syndrome
Background Wellens syndrome was first described in the early 1980s by de Zwaan, Wellens, and colleagues, who identified a subset of...
Fulminant Myocarditis Clinical Practice Guidelines (AHA, 2020)
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