[Abramov-Fiedler myocarditis, the most severe variant of infectious allergic myocarditis in infants].

Seven cases of Abramov-Fidler myocarditis in infants were studied. The heart affection may be considered to be an infectious-allergic process occuring in a presensitized host. The severity of the disease is due to necrotic changes in the myocardium, in some cases to the involvement of the endocardium and pericardium.