Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy (DCMi) - Pathogenesis and Therapy

Pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment of pericarditis.- Epidemiology and prognosis of myocarditis and dilated cardiomyopathy: Predictive value of clinical parameters and biopsy findings.- Autoimmune murine myocarditis and immunomodulatory interventions.- Coxsackievirus-induced murine myocarditis and immunomodulatory interventions.- Myocardial proteases and matrix remodeling in acute myocarditis and inflammatory cardiomyopathy.- Molecular genetics of cardiomyopathies and myocarditis.- Pathogenic relevance of autoantibodies in dilated cardiomyopathy.- The role of cytokines in inflammation induced cardiomyopathy: Pathogenesis and therapeutic implications.- Histology and immunohistology of myocarditis.- Immunohistological diagnosis of inflammatory cardiomyopathy and
diagnosis of cardiotropic viral infections.- Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging – A non-invasive approach for the detection of myocardial inflammation – Potentials and limitations.- Clinical management of acute myocarditis and cardiomyopathy.- Immunosuppressive treatment of inflammatory cardiomyopathy patients.- Antiviral interferon-? treatment in patients with chronic viral cardiomyopathy.- Immunoadsorption in dilated cardiomyopathy patients