Myocarditis

Posted By Steven Zebic on June 22, 1998 at 07:34:18:







Approx 1 year ago my wife developed myocarditis.  She is 30 y.o in good health  and is the mother of two children.  She does not have a significant past history.  At the time of her diagnosis she had an ejection fraction of 20%.  6 weeks later without therapy her ejection fraction returned to 43%.  During her illness the only symptoms she complained about was tiredness and she had several ECG's which showed PAC's.  She is fine at the moment.  I have searched the internet for a while and have gained the impression that  a significant portion of idiopathic dilative cardiomyopathy may have a viral aetiology.  My question is this; would it be safe for her to proceede with a third pregnancy.  Our cardiologist feels that it would be safe but I would appreciate opinions of others