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The most widely accepted histologic criteria for the diagnosis of active myocarditis2 require the presence of an inflammatory infiltrate and associated myocyte damage (Figure 1). Myocardial changes, including myocyte hypertrophy, degeneration, and varying degrees of myocardial fibrosis, are typical of a chronic process, such as idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy.3 The occasional presence of lymphocytes may be associated
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