Heart failure caused by an infection
A hundred people walk into a room and one walks out with a heart infection. This sounds like the setup to a bad joke, but it is an accurate description of how viral cardiomyopathy strikes. Unlike heart muscle weakness brought on by years of stress to the cardiovascular system, viral cardiomyopathy is a chance disease that blossoms from a routine cold virus or other infection.
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