RA treatments, including disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs ... a condition where the sac around the heart is inflamed, and myocarditis—inflammation of the heart muscle. Vasculitis is a ...

Infective endocarditis (IE) is by far the most common cardiovascular infection worldwide. Despite the medical and surgical advances, this condition remains associated with considerable mortality ...

Objective: To investigate the effects of corticosteroids and immunosuppressors on myocarditis in patients with inflammatory myopathies. Methods: Patients with inflammatory myositis of recent onset who ...

The fly in the ointment was a case of myocarditis – inflammation of the heart muscle – that was seen in an 11-year-old boy enrolled in Study 9001-103 and was deemed to be serious. Treatment ...

The aim was to update the 2009 European League against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the treatment of systemic sclerosis (SSc), with attention to new therapeutic questions. Update of the ...

Researchers suggested the higher prevalence of these conditions might explain why people with rheumatic diseases had an increased risk of complications. If you develop COVID-19 while using a ...

Acute myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the heart muscle that may progress to dilated cardiomyopathy and chronic heart failure. A number of factors including the sex hormone testosterone, ...

Mission Statement: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCAM) is an international, peer-reviewed journal that seeks to understand the sources and to encourage rigorous research ...