Serial biopsy samples taken from the patient in figs 1and 2, showing from left to right: acute myocarditis, healing myocarditis, dilated cardiomyopathy. Serial biopsy samples taken from the patient in figs 1and 2, showing from left to right: acute myocarditis, healing myocarditis, dilated cardiomyopathy. All sections have the same magnification with haematoxylin and eosin stain. Reproduced with permission of E G J Olsen. M T Kearney et al. Postgrad Med J 2001;77:4-10 Copyright © The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine. All rights reserved.