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- Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle.
- Dilated cardiomyopathy makes the heart chamber thin.
- A gene variant can raise heart failure risk.
- 34.4% of these children had the variant.
- Only 6.3% of control children had it.
- The study compared 32 children with both conditions.
- The children came from the PCMR network.
- Steven E. Lipshultz leads the study team.
- A mutation plus infection can cause severe illness.
- Testing can show which children need more care.
Difficult words
- myocarditis — inflammation of the heart muscle
- inflammation — swelling and pain in a body part
- dilated cardiomyopathy — condition where a heart chamber becomes thin
- variant — a different form of a gene
- mutation — a change in a gene or DNA
- infection — germs enter the body and cause illness
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Discussion questions
- Have you ever had a medical test?
- Do you know someone with a heart problem?
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