At the end of this lecture the students should be able to :

• Classify the myocarditis on an aetiopathological basis
• Briefly describe the aetiological agents and morphology of viral myocarditis, suppurative myocarditis and toxic myocarditis.
• Classify the cardiomyopathies
• Identify the morphological features of heart in dilated, hypertrophic and restrictive cardiomyopathies