Best Doctors for Myocarditis Treatment in Dum Dum Rd, Kolkata

Myocarditis is the medical term used to refer inflammation of the myocardium or muscular heart tissue. Any such abnormal functioning of the heart muscle will often result in increased load on the heart to perform its regular activities. Based on the part of heart affected, it can be endocarditis/ heart valvular inflammation or pericarditis/ pericardial sac inflammation. This condition is characterized by the presenting symptoms such as dyspnea, chest pain, syncope, generalized malaise, lower extremity edema, and other cardio-respiratory illness symptoms. The etiology of myocarditis is variable ranging from viral and bacterial infections to autoimmune dysfunctioning and certain/specific medications induced.