Key result
Herpes-like myocardial virus particles are linked to post-chickenpox myocarditis progressing to DCM.
Why the study?
The presence and role of herpes-like virus particles in myocardium progressing to dilated cardiomyopathy after myocarditis were not well characterized.
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Population
Single patient with myocarditis progressing to dilated cardiomyopathy
Design
Case report with myocardial biopsy analysis
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Case links varicella to myocarditis progressing to dilated cardiomyopathy; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice.
A patient presented with myocarditis shortly after contracting chicken-pox and particles with characteristics of the herpes group were found in the myocardial biopsy; subsequently, he progressed clinically and histologically to a cardiomyopathy of the dilated type.
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Lowry et al. (1982) studied this question. Herpes-like virus particles were identified in the myocardium of a patient who developed myocarditis following chicken-pox and subsequently progressed to dilated cardiomyopathy.
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