Myocarditis and Cardiomyopathy

Posted By Karen on October 23, 1998 at 20:41:25:







Dear Forum Doctors,
Thank you very much for the information you provided on myocarditis.  I have a couple concerns though.  As I mention in my first question I was diagnosed with viral myocarditis 3years ago.  At that time my EF was 48%.  Now I'm at 60%.  Since my EF has improved and feeling better (energy level not the same though), what are my chances of developing cardiomyopathy?  What does the EF have to drop down to?  Is there anything that I can do (exercise, diet, etc.) to prevent cardiomyopathy? I really want to do what I can to help my heart heal from this horrible experince.  My husband and I would like to have a baby but we are concerned the pregnancy may be hard on my heart.  I've addressed these issues with my physician and he thinks I am worrying to much because he feels I've made a complete recovery (never mentioning the possibility of developing cardiomyopathy).  Thank you for your time in addressing these and so many other important issues that family physicians and cardiologist don't have the time to do.