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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

Publicado en línea: 28 feb 2016

Páginas: 391 - 398

Recibido: 09 oct 2015

Aceptado: 18 abr 2016

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

Palabras clave
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

Publicado en línea: 28 feb 2016

Páginas: 391 - 398

Recibido: 09 oct 2015

Aceptado: 18 abr 2016

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

Palabras clavedilated 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.

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