Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Inflammation of the myocardium.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In pathology, inflammation of the myocardium.
Wiktionary
- n. Inflammation of the myocardium.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Inflammation of the myocardium.
WordNet 3.0
- n. inflammation of the myocardium (the muscular tissue of the heart)
Examples
“Around one in five cocaine addicts suffer from an inflammation of heart muscle, known as myocarditis, and the researchers said that a quarter of non-fatal heart attacks among the under-45s are associated with cocaine.”
The Guardian: Cocaine addiction linked to brain abnormalities
“In a report published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Dr. Andras Bratincsak of Rady Children's Hospital and the University of California San Diego reported on four cases of a heart inflammation called myocarditis among children there in just one month.”
“Doctors say died from a rare heart disease called myocarditis, or the inflammation of the heart muscle.”
“An autopsy revealed that the teenage player suffered from chronic myocarditis, meaning he should not have been allowed to play hockey.”
“The relatively high incidence of adverse events in immunocompetent individuals following immunization with the currently licensed vaccine (NYCBH virus / DryVax) [1], such as myocarditis and eczema vaccinatum, has been a recent deterrent to immunizing the general population”
“Sadly, he died shortly before turning 52 in 1946 from coronary thrombosis triggered by chronic myocarditis as a result of the acromegaly.”
“One had quoted statistics about the survival expectancy for those diagnosed with myocarditis—one-third get better, one-third live with the disease, and one-third die—and then told her to wait it out.”
“Added Ms. Moose, who suffers from myocarditis and co-founded the Myocarditis Foundation with her husband in 2003, "He feels that the patients will do better if the decisions are their own.”
“A heart infection called myocarditis, chemotherapy drugs, metabolic disorders or muscle disorders are among the factors that can cause cardiomyopathy in a child or teenager.”
“Aggressive anti-inflammatory therapy for myocarditis”
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