Targeted treatment in viral‐associated inflammatory cardiomyopathy

Abstract

Abstract Detection of viruses like HHV‐6 in endomyocardial biopsy or serum serology of patients with myocarditis or heart failure features unresponsive to conventional heart failure therapies could be a potential targeted treatment especially in refractory cases.

Keywords

• heart failure
• Human herpesvirus 6
• inflammatory cardiomyopathy