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Links

www.gcminfo.org

Note: This is a patient designed and maintained website which provides information about the disease and a chat room for patients and their families to share their concerns and experiences.

www.humanapress.com

Note: Dr. Cooper edited this multiauthored textbook entitled, Myocarditis: From Bench to Bedside for physicians and scientists to use as a resource. His purpose was to cover the entire spectrum of myocarditis from basic research to bedside medicine. Myocarditis from Bench to Bedside can be downloaded from this link.

www.unmc.edu/dept/pathology/enteroviruslab/

The University of Nebraska Medical Center Enterovirus Research Laboratory.

New England Journal of Medicine article on "Myocarditis" written by Dr. Leslie Cooper, published in the April 9, 2009 edition.

Myocarditis: From Bench to Bedside

Read selected chapters of Myocarditis: From Bench to Bedside

11 Introduction to Clinical Myocarditis
G. William Dec, M.D.

14 Pathology of Human Myocarditis
Gerald J. Berry, M.D., and Kristen A. Atkins, M.D.

15 Endomyocardial Biopsy in Myocarditis
Joseph G. Murphy, M.D., and Robert P. Frantz, M.D.

16 Treatment of Lymphocytic Myocarditis
Jay W. Mason, M.D.

17 Idiopathic Giant Cell Myocarditis
Leslie T. Cooper, Jr., M.D.

20 Chagas Heart Disease
James M. Hagar, M.D., and Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola, M.B.

23 Childhood Myocarditis and Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Neil E. Bowles, Ph.D., and Jeffrey A. Towbin, M.D.

Dr. Cooper's talks on Myocarditis or Endomyocardial Biopsy for 2010:

March 16th, 2010, American College of Cardiology 59th Annual Scientific Session, Atlanta, GA

May 13-14, 2010- 2nd Annual International Conference on Cardiomyopathy in Children. Bethesda, MD

May 24th, 2010, 6th Annual Dartmouth Heart Failure Symposium, Lebanon, NH

June 4th, 2010, St. Paul Hospital, Hong Kong

June 5th, 2010, Hong Kong Public Hospital Cardiologist Association, Hong Kong

June 18th, 2010, World Congress of Cardiology Scientific Sessions 2010, Beijing, China

Previous talks:

9/16/09 at Mayo, CV Specialties day

6/4/09 Cardiology Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI

5/23/09 17th Asia Pacific Congress on Cardiology The Noninvasive and Kyoto, Japan Immunohistologic Diagnosis of Myocarditis

5/8/09 Cardiology Grand Rounds, The Oklahoma Heart Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK

5/1/09 Cardiology Grand Rounds, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN

4/22/09 International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Paris, France

4/9/09 Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam

3/5/09 Clinical Immunology Seminar Series, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN

3/31/08 Chicago, The American Cardiology Conference, "When to Perform a Heart Biopsy"

8/18/08 Osorno, Chile, The Annual Southern Chile Course in Practical Cardiology, "Myocarditis"

8/21/08 Vina Del Mar, Chile, The 11th International Congress of Cardiology, "Myocarditis"

8/30/08 Munich, Germany, The European Society of Cardiology, "When to Perform an Endomyocardial Biopsy"

10/16/08 Tokyo, Japan, The 12th Annual Scientific Meeting of Japanese Heart Failure Society, "Myocarditis"

11/10/08 New Orleans, Louisiana, The American Heart Association, "When to Perform an Endomyocardial Biopsy"

12/12/08 Lexington, KY, The University of Kentucky, "Myocarditis"

1/25/07: Idiopathic and Primary Cardiomyopathy Pediatric Giant Cell Myocarditis In Children: NIH Conference, Bethesda, MD
Watch Dr. Cooper's presentations: "Challenges and Opportunities in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Myocarditis"

1/25/07: Idiopathic and Primary Cardiomyopathy Mechanisms of Myocarditis In Children: NIH Conference, Bethesda, MD
Watch Dr. Cooper's presentations: "Giant Cell Myocarditis in Children."

2/15/07: Medical Grand Rounds Treatment of Heart Failure, Olmsted Medical Center, Rochester, MN

2/1/07: Cardiology Grand Rounds Immunotherapy for Cardiomyopathy, La Sapienza University Hospital, Rome, Italy

2/2/07: 10TH Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions CMR vs Other Imaging Techniques for Myocarditis, Rome, Italy

3/5/07: Cardiology Grand Rounds Immune Therapies for William Beaumont Hospital Cardiomyopathy, Royal Oak, MI

3/11/07: 1st International Congress on Serum Proteomics in Lymphocytic Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure and Giant Cell Myocarditis, Kyoto, Japan

6/9/07: 10th Heart Failure Summit When to Perform a Heart Biops, Toronto, Canada

6/9/07: 10th Heart Failure Summit Myopericarditis, Toronto, Canada

6/12/07: European Society of Cardiology Noninvasive Diagnosis of Heart Failure Meeting Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy, Hamburg, Germany

8/5/07: 11th Annual Success with Failure Three Clues to the Diagnosis of Unusual Cardiomyopathies, Whistler, BC, Canada

8/6/07: 11th Annual Success with Failure Myocarditis, Whistler, BC, Canada

10/12/07: European Conference on Myocardial Giant Cell Myocarditis And Pericardial Diseases, Marburg, Germany

10/27/07: Molecular Therapies Targeting New AHA/ACCF/ECS Guidelines for Pathways in Human Cardiomyopathies Endomyocardial Biopsy, Berlin, Germany