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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maliha Shakil, M.D. [2] Homa Najafi, M.D.[3]
Overview
Myocarditis was first discovered by Jean Baptiste Senac, a French physician, in 1794. The term myocarditis was introduced by German physician Joseph Friedrich Sobernheim in 1837. In 1980s, the World Health Organization and the International Society and Federation of Cardiology were the first to differentiate between myocarditis and other cardiomyopathies. The Dallas criteria was published in 1986 as a guideline for classification of myocarditis.
Historical Perspective
Discovery
- Myocarditis was first discovered by Jean Baptiste Senac, a French physician, in 1794.
- The term myocarditis was introduced by German physician Joseph Friedrich Sobernheim in 1837.
- In the 1980s, World Health Organization and the International Society and Federation of Cardiology were the first to differentiate between myocarditis and other cardiomyopathies.[1]
- The Dallas criteria was published in 1986 as a guideline for classification of myocarditis.[2]
References
- ↑ "Report of the 1995 World Health Organization/International Society and Federation of Cardiology Task Force on the Definition and Classification of Cardiomyopathies". Circulation. 93 (5): 841–842. 1996. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.93.5.841. ISSN 0009-7322.
- ↑ Magnani, Jared W.; Dec, G. William (2006). "Myocarditis". Circulation. 113 (6): 876–890. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.584532. ISSN 0009-7322.