[Bioenergetics of the myocardiocytes in infectious-allergic myocarditis]

The role of myoglobin in myocardial bio-energetics was analyzed in cases of infectious-allergic myocarditis (38 endomyocardial biopsies and 18 autopsies). Myoglobin content is found to be directly related to the severity of the disease and the degree of circulatory compensation or decompensation. In conditions of progressive muscular cell dystrophy, an abrupt drop in myoglobin, detectable around the A discs, can be seen. In hypertrophic myocardiocytes of compensated circulation, myoglobin is detected as distinctly outlined large and small granules.