In a recent article published in the Science Immunology Journal, researchers investigated a cohort of patients who developed myocarditis or pericarditis shortly after severe acute respiratory syndrome ...

In a new study, researchers from UC San Francisco and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have identified specific immune cells that drive deadly heart inflammation in a small fraction of patients ...

Myocarditis is an unpredictable and potentially fatal complication of treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Researchers have developed a new biomarker strategy that enables clinicians to ...

Myocarditis is recognized as a rare but serious adverse reaction to messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccination against COVID-19. Researchers at University of Tsukuba have demonstrated that mRNA vaccination ...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported cases of myocarditis and pericarditis in the United States after coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccination.

Myocarditis is a condition in which your heart muscle, called the myocardium, becomes inflamed. It affects your heart’s electrical signal and may cause a rapid or abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia).

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 ...

Myocarditis and pericarditis are conditions that involve heart inflammation. Myocarditis affects the heart muscle itself, while pericarditis impacts the pericardium — the layer of tissue that ...

Lupus myocarditis is a rare condition where the immune system damages the heart tissue, possibly causing heart failure. Lupus is a rare condition that can cause inflammation throughout your body. In ...