1. Acute myocarditis mimicking myocardial infarction can misdirect the diagnostic approach
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Mustafa Koklu, Erkan Yildirim, Suat Görmel, Murat Celik, and Baris Bugan
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Coronary angiography ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Myocarditis ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Chest pain ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,ST segment ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Myocardial infarction ,cardiovascular diseases ,business.industry ,Electrocardiography in myocardial infarction ,medicine.disease ,Electrocardiogram ,Acute myocarditis ,Cardiology ,sense organs ,medicine.symptom ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
Acute myocarditis is a well-recognized but rare manifestation of mostly viral infections. It can present with various clinical manifestations and may mimic myocardial infarction (MI) since patients usually present with chest pain, and the electrocardiographic changes similar to those observed in acute ST-elevation MI. We, herein, present such an extreme case of acute myocarditis characterized by dynamic ST segment elevation with reciprocal changes in the electrocardiogram.
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