Professor North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Disclosure(s):
Bruce W. Keene, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology): No financial relationships to disclose
Presentation Description / Summary: Specific brief "microlessons" regarding the pathogenesis, diagnosis (imaging, biomarkers and electrophysiology) and medical management of myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the relationship between potential cardiac biomarkers, causes, and potential outcomes of myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy.
Understand and recognize some of the known causes of myocarditis, and how they may progress to dilated cardiomyopathy.
Know when and why to order or perform advanced functional imaging in suspected myocarditis cases.
Better manage specific clinical scenarios including screening for and treatment strategies for myocarditis.
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