- acute isolated myocarditis
- an acute type of interstitial myocarditis of unknown etiology, marked by sudden onset, absence of endocarditis or pericarditis, and frequently death. Called also Fiedler or idiopathic m.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
acute isolated myocarditis
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