Immunosuppression has been suggested as a potential treatment for myocarditis due to its histological similarity to acute rejection, though its definitive role remains uncertain.
How can myocarditis be diagnosed and should it be treated?Myocarditis remains an enigma.On one hand it is a diagnosis which is suspected clinically when sudden car- diac failure or arrhythmias or both follow a febrile 'flu-like illness.On the other hand, myocarditis has a defined histological appearance with evidence of myocyte damage and a lymphocytic interstitial inflammatory infiltrate.The similarity between this histological picture and acute rejection led naturally to the suggestion that immunosup- pression might be a useful treatment.'Regrettably the
Davies et al. (Thu,) conducted a editorial in Myocarditis. Immunosuppression was evaluated. Immunosuppression has been suggested as a potential treatment for myocarditis due to its histological similarity to acute rejection, though its definitive role remains uncertain.
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