THE IMPORTANCE OF CLINICAL SYMPTOMS, NON-SPECIFIC LABORATORY AND INSTRUMENTAL RESEARCH IN DIAGNOSING AND PROGNOSING MYOCARDITIS

Pranas Šerpytis Abstract Summary Myocarditis is inflammation of heart muscle that manifests itself and progresses in different ways. The diagnosis of this disease is one of the hardest to give in cardiology. The clinical symptoms vary from non-specific (fever, muscle aches, dyspnoea) to immediate haemodynamic violation – cardiogenic shock and sudden death. Most often used…