# OnCo record myocarditis (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/myocarditis/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "myocarditis" ;
  schema:name "Immune-related myocarditis"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "immune myocarditis"@en, "checkpoint myocarditis"@en, "myocarditis"@en, "immune-mediated myocarditis"@en, "troponin"@en, "troponin monitoring"@en, "myositis"@en, "myasthenia"@en, "myasthenia gravis"@en, "immune-related myositis"@en ;
  schema:description "Rare but frequently fatal inflammation of the heart muscle triggered by checkpoint inhibitors, usually in the first two months. It often comes with muscle and nerve-muscle inflammation, and needs urgent high-dose steroids."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/myocarditis/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-09"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myocarditis> ;
  schema:citation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myocarditis> ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/terms/irae/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/cardiotoxicity/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/immune-endocrinopathy/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/supportive-care/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/immunotherapy/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/checkpoint-inhibitor/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/cardio-oncology/> .