Heart failure can result from myocarditis and inflammation-related myocardial damage.The etiology of myocarditis and inflammatory cardiomyopathy is heterogeneous and can be caused by microbial infections such as viruses,toxic substances,systemic immune mediations,etc.The pathological feature of inflammatory cardiomyopathy is the infiltration of myocardial inflammatory cells,which play an important role in the process of myocardial injury,repair and remodeling,and affect the prognosis of inflammatory cardiomyopathy.The pathogenesis and treatment for myocarditis and inflammatory cardiomyopathy are reviewed in this article.