Non-profit organization dedicated to helping those affected by myocarditis, educating the public/medical communities, and funding myocarditis research Myocarditis is a poorly understood, under-diagnosed and often misdiagnosed disease which can progress rapidly to heart failure and death. The Myocarditis Foundation's primary mission is to provide relevant, accurate, up-to-date information about the nature of myocarditis and its various presentations to a world-wide audience of medical professionals and the public at large. The Foundation attempts to bridge the gap in awareness and understanding of the diseases that cause inflammation and damage to cardiac tissue, so that effective treatment can be administered in a timely fashion and more lives can be saved.