acute myocarditis
MONDO:0002815Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names acute myocarditis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
The sudden onset of inflammation of heart muscle with myocellular necrosis; this is generally secondary to an infectious cause, and patients often have a recent history of a flu-like illness.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0002815), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (2)
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: acute myocarditis
- Also called
- myocarditis, acute