Relapsing Polychondritis by Beata Sosada, Katarzyna Loza, Ewelina Bialo-Wojcicka

“…Additional clinical features include audiovestibular dysfunction, ocular inflammation, vasculitis, myocarditis, and nonerosive arthritis. Although the cause remains unknown, the etiology is suspected to be autoimmune. …”
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Acute Myopericarditis Likely Secondary to Disseminated Gonococcal Infection by Daniel Bunker, Leslie Dubin Kerr

“…Clinicians should consider disseminated gonococcal infection when a patient presents with acute myocarditis, especially if there are concurrent skin and joint lesions.…”
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Entangled evidence: epistemic injustice, and systemic neglect in the assessment of menstrual disorders following COVID-19 vaccines by Maurizia Mezza

“…In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacovigilance activities detected and assessed symptoms, such as rare blood clotting disorders, myocarditis, and erythema multiforme, potentially linked to some adenovirus-based and mRNA-based vaccines. …”
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Programmed Cell Death of Endothelial Cells in Myocardial Infarction and Its Potential Therapeutic Strategy by Mingyue Wu, Zixia Huang, Lijin Zeng, Chunfei Wang, Deming Wang

“…In recent years, different types of programmed cell death such as apoptosis, necroptosis, pyroptosis, ferroptosis, and autophagy have been described and found to be linked with cardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction, heart failure, and myocarditis. This will have important implications for reforming the treatment strategy of cardiovascular diseases. …”
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Pembrolizumab-Induced Mobitz Type 2 Second-Degree Atrioventricular Block by Alisha Khan, Sana Riaz, Robert Carhart

“…Pembrolizumab is commonly associated with immune-related adverse events (IRAEs) but is infrequently noted to cause cardiotoxicities such as myocarditis, arrhythmias, and heart failure. The following case report illustrates the clinical course of a 67-year-old female patient with stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer who developed Mobitz type 2 second-degree atrioventricular block three weeks after receiving her first infusion of pembrolizumab. …”
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Brain Natriuretic Peptide Production and Secretion in Inflammation by Tsuneo Ogawa, Adolfo J. de Bold

“…This selective BNP increase is seen in vivo, in addition to acute cardiac allograft rejection, in several circumstances where inflammation significantly contributes to the pathogenesis of disease such as in sepsis and in acute myocarditis.…”
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Heart failure in paediatric Crohn’s disease patient – extraintestinal manifestation, concomitant disease or iatrogenic effect? by Snehil Swaraj, Erzsébet Szakos, László Ablonczy, Csaba Vilmányi, Ádám Goschler, Áron Cseh

“…These cardiovascular problems may include pericarditis, myocarditis, thromboembolism, arrhythmias, endocarditis, heart failure, Takayasu arteritis, valvulopathies, and atrioventricular block. …”
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Long-term post-COVID-19 sequelae. A review study by Cinthia Rosales Márquez, Ericson Félix Castillo Saavedra

“…The results indicated sequelae in the respiratory system such as dyspnea, fatigue, lesions compatible with pulmonary fibrosis; while, in the cardiovascular system, sequelae such as tachycardia, palpitations, arterial hypertension, myocarditis and pericardial effusion were reported. …”
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A Case Series of Diverse Cardiac Abnormalities in Collegiate Athlete with COVID-19: Role for Multimodality Imaging by Vanessa-Rose G. Turpin, Kyle Goerl, Chen Hoe Chow, Carl J. Ade

“…Further CMR imaging revealed potential recent/prior myocarditis in 1 athlete. Follow-up TTE several weeks later revealed a return to normal LVGLS. …”
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Therapeutic Implications of PPARγ in Cardiovascular Diseases by Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hiroyuki Takano, Issei Komuro

“…Many studies suggest that PPARγ ligands not only ameliorate insulin sensitivity, but also have pleiotropic effects on the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis, cardiac hypertrophy, ischemic heart, and myocarditis.…”
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Toxoplasmosis in Pork Meat: a Health Risk by Mildre Mercedes Vidal del Río, María Fernanda Latorre Barragán, Darwin Rafael Villamarín Barragán, Aldemar Alejandro Monsalve Guamán

“…Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by a protozoan called Toxoplasma gondii, it manifests itself with great morbidity and mortality in fetuses, newborns and immunocompromised patients, however, toxoplasmosis can also manifest itself in immunocompetent patients suffering from: chorioretinitis, lymphadenopathy, pneumonia, brain abscess, myositis, myocarditis and hepatitis. The objective of this investigation was to identify the clinical manifestations of toxoplasmosis in pork meat and the possible risks to human health. …”
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Cardiovascular outcomes in long COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ting Zhang, Zhimao Li, Qimin Mei, Joseph Harold Walline, Zhaocai Zhang, Yecheng Liu, Huadong Zhu, Bin Du

“…Long COVID-19 was associated with a higher risk of thromboembolic disorders [HR 3.12 (1.60, 6.08)], coronary heart disease [HR 1.61 (1.13, 2.31)], stroke [HR 1.71 (1.07,2.72)], arrhythmia [HR 1.60 (1.13, 2.26)], cardiomyopathy [HR 1.71 (1.12, 2.61)], myocarditis [HR 6.11 (4.17,8.94)], hypertension [HR 1.70 (1.56, 1.85)], heart failure [HR 1.72 (1.15,2.59)] and cardiogenic shock [HR 2.09 (1.53,2.86)] compared to non-COVID-19 controls. …”
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Diffuse Gallium-67 Accumulation in the Left Atrial Wall Detected Using SPECT/CT Fusion Images by Kohei Kotani, Joji Kawabe, Shigeaki Higashiyama, Atsushi Yoshida, Susumu Shiomi

“…We show a 66-year-old female patient with atrial fibrillation and diffuse thickening of the left atrial wall due to acute myocarditis, who presented diffuse abnormal accumulation of gallium-67 in the left atrium on single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) fusion images. …”
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Tea Polyphenols Regulate Key Mediators on Inflammatory Cardiovascular Diseases by Jun-ichi Suzuki, Mitsuaki Isobe, Ryuichi Morishita, Ryozo Nagai

“…In our laboratory, we performed oral administration of catechins into murine and rat models of cardiac transplantation, myocarditis, myocardial ischemia, and atherosclerosis to reveal the effects of catechins on the inflammation-induced ventricular and arterial remodeling. …”
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Latent Inflammation and Insulin Resistance in Adipose Tissue by I. S. Stafeev, A. V. Vorotnikov, E. I. Ratner, M. Y. Menshikov, Ye. V. Parfyonova

“…It closely associates with metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hepatic and cardiovascular diseases such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, atherosclerosis, myocarditis, and hypertension. Obesity is often associated with latent inflammation; however, the link between inflammation, obesity, T2DM, and cardiovascular diseases is still poorly understood. …”
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Neuropsychiatric Lupus and Lupus Nephritis Successfully Treated with Combined IVIG and Rituximab: An Alternative to Standard of Care by Mohamed M. Cheikh, Abdullah K. Bahakim, Moayad K. Aljabri, Saad M. Alharthi, Sanad M. Alharthi, Abdullah K. Alsaeedi, Saad F. Alqahtani

“…We describe the clinical response of a 35-year-old male diagnosed with SLE; then, he developed severe sepsis and a flare of SLE with major organ involvement including lupus nephritis (LN), myocarditis, and neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE). …”
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Pediatric Heart Failure, Lagging, and Sagging of Care in Low Income Settings: A Hospital Based Review of Cases in Ethiopia by Solmon Gebremariam, Tamirat Moges

“…Causes of acute heart failure in children range from simple myocarditis complicating chest infection to complex structural heart diseases. …”
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Heart rhythm disorders and features of their management at COVID-19 pandemic by Yu.M. Mostovoy, T.D. Danilevych

“…Among them, the most common are myocarditis, cardiomyopathies, myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism and cardiac arrhythmias. …”
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Current and Future Perspectives of PD-1/PDL-1 Blockade in Cancer Immunotherapy by Rangarirai Makuku, Neda Khalili, Sepideh Razi, Mahsa Keshavarz-Fathi, Nima Rezaei

“…We also discuss the adverse events associated with PD-1/L1/2 inhibitors, ranging from severe life-threatening conditions such as autoimmune myocarditis to mild and moderate reactions such as skin rashes, and explore the potential strategies for improving the efficacy of immunotherapy with PD-1/L1 checkpoint inhibitors.…”
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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Diagnostics and Cardiovascular Risk Assessment by Patrycja S. Matusik, Katarzyna Mikrut, Amira Bryll, Tadeusz J. Popiela, Paweł T. Matusik

“…Novel CMR techniques, such as T1 and T2 mapping, may be used for the longitudinal follow-up of myocardial fibrosis and myocardial edema or inflammation in different groups of patients, including patients with systemic sclerosis, myocarditis, cardiac sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, and both ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, among others. …”
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