Antoine Abdel Massih

You are already at the latest version Children with single-ventricle congenital heart disease represent a uniquely vulnerable population in whom immune dysfunction remains underrecognized despite increasing evidence of clinically significant abnormalities affecting both innate and adaptive immunity. Emerging data suggest that immune injury in these patients is multifactorial and cumulative.

You are already at the latest version Acute myocarditis has traditionally been regarded as an acquired inflammatory disorder of the myocardium, most commonly triggered by viral infection or immune-mediated injury. However, growing evidence suggests that in a subset of patients, myocarditis may represent the initial clinical manifestation of an underlying genetic cardiomyopathy rather than a purely inflammatory disease.