Detection of persistent coxsackie B virus RNA in dilated cardiomyopathy and myocarditis

n=38 total; 27 patients with histopathological evidence of active or healed myocarditis or dilated cardiomyopathy, and 11 control patients with unlikely viral aetiology and negative histological diagnosis for myocarditis or dilated cardiomyopathy.

Virus-specific cDNA hybridisation probe applied to endomyocardial biopsy specimens.

Endomyocardial biopsies from patients with unlikely viral aetiology and negative histological diagnosis for myocarditis or dilated cardiomyopathy.

Detection of coxsackie B virus RNA sequences.surrogate