[Fungal myocarditis in deep visceral candidiasis].

Morphological and functional changes of the myocardium were studied in 40 patients with candidiasis and attempt to establish morphological criteria of fungal myocarditis was undertaken. Retrospective analysis of autopsy material showed that myocardial involvement in candidiasis was possible and was not as rare as it had been accepted. Clinical symptomatology was not always similar to that of classical infectious-allergic myocarditis. However immunological parameters were characteristic of inflammatory process. Complex echocardiographic study gave important information for assessment of the state of the myocardium.