Isolated myocarditis in the first year.
Over a period of nearly 40 years, 20 cases of isolated myocarditis were traced from 3086 necropsies. Seventeen occurred in infants less than 12 months of age, often with no antecedent clinical signs (sudden deaths) or with a short clinical history of less than 24 hours' duration.
D000367:Age Factors; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008350:Manitoba; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology