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<p>Viral infections of the heart cause serious clinical problems, either as infectious myocarditis, which usually is a consequence of acute infection or as idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, resulting rather from a chronic infection. This minireview presents an up-to-date view on patho- mechanisms of viral infection of the heart tissues, the role of immune system in controlling infectious process at its various stages and current possibilities of recognizing viral infection of the heart with use of both cardiological and virological methods. Our goal was to present the variety of known viral agents causing heart infection, level of complexity in mutual virus-cell interactions, and consequent clinical scenarios.</p>
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Viral infections of the heart cause serious clinical problems, either as infectious myocarditis, which usually is a consequence of acute infection or as idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, resulting rather from a chronic infection. This minireview presents an up-to-date view on patho- mechanisms of viral infection of the heart tissues, the role of immune system in controlling infectious process at its various stages and current possibilities of recognizing viral infection of the heart with use of both cardiological and virological methods. Our goal was to present the variety of known viral agents causing heart infection, level of complexity in mutual virus-cell interactions, and consequent clinical scenarios.

Viral Infection of the Heart: Pathogenesis and Diagnosis

Polish Journal of Microbiology

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Viral infections of the heart cause serious clinical problems, either as infectious myocarditis, which usually is a consequence of acute infection or as...

Viral Infection of the Heart: Pathogenesis and Diagnosis

Published Online: Feb 28, 2016

Page range: 391 - 398

Received: Oct 09, 2015

Accepted: Apr 18, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5604/pjm-2016-391

Keywords
dilated cardiomyopathy, infectious myocarditis, viral infection of the heart tissue, virus-cell interaction

© 2016 MATEUSZ KUFFNER et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Viral Infection of the Heart: Pathogenesis and Diagnosis

Published Online: Feb 28, 2016

Page range: 391 - 398

Received: Oct 09, 2015

Accepted: Apr 18, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5604/pjm-2016-391

Keywordsdilated cardiomyopathy, infectious myocarditis, viral infection of the heart tissue, virus-cell interaction

© 2016 MATEUSZ KUFFNER et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
dilated cardiomyopathy, infectious myocarditis, viral infection of the heart tissue, virus-cell interaction