Myocarditis Dystrophic

The myocardium is the heart muscle that needs constant blood supply and nutrition. When these processes are disrupted, the heart begins to work intermittently; Symptoms characteristic of this disease appear. As myocarditis progresses, it causes serious disturbances in heart rhythm, valves, and blood vessels and can ultimately lead to heart failure and myocardial infarction. Their timely detection and treatment significantly improves the prognosis of the disease.

Myocarditis is classified not according to the principle of etiology, but according to clinical and morphological characteristics, depending on the prevalence of changes in the myocardial muscle, the morphological type of inflammation and the degree of involvement of cardiac structures, and the localization of the process.

Acute infectious myocarditis - bacterial, less often - viral origin; These diseases are severe, often with the development of various complications. Such patients require long-term treatment in a hospital setting. In 25% of patients, infectious myocarditis becomes chronic.