Herpes simplex virus-induced cardiomyopathy successfully treated with acyclovir

Abstract

Inflammatory dilated cardiomyopathy (DCMi) represents an acquired form of dilated cardiomyopathy. Viral infection is the most common cause of DCMi.

In contrast with other cardiotropic viruses, herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a very rare finding in endomyocardial biopsies of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. We report a case of HSV-induced cardiomyopathy successfully treated with acyclovir.

Keywords

• Dilated cardiomyopathy
• heart failure
• endomyocardial biopsy
• virus
• antiviral treatment
• left-ventricular dysfunction
• viral genomes
• myocarditis
• transplantation
• adults