Cardiac Autoimmunity: Myocarditis
Bracamonte-Baran W, Čiháková D. Cardiac Autoimmunity: Myocarditis. Advances In Experimental Medicine And Biology 2017, 1003: 187-221. PMID: 28667560, PMCID: PMC5706653, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-57613-8_10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAutoimmune processAdaptive T cell responsesGiant cell myocarditisT cell responsesVariable clinical presentationMonocytes/macrophagesImmunopathogenic featuresAcute complicationsAutoimmune myocarditisSystolic dysfunctionAcute myocarditisCryptic antigensHemodynamic complicationsHeart failureTreg inductionClinical presentationElectrophysiologic disturbancesHumoral responseClinical correlatesDifferent etiologiesInflammatory processImmune responseMyocarditisSpecific cytokinesChronic damage