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Right ventricular dominant myocarditis requiring cardiac resynchronization therapy‐defibrillator: a case report.
- Source :
- ESC Heart Failure; Dec2021, Vol. 8 Issue 6, p5572-5576, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Fulminant myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the cardiac muscle that severely deteriorates cardiac function and often causes haemodynamic collapse in a manner similar to acute coronary syndrome. In rare cases, the myocardium of the right ventricle is dominantly damaged. In cases of lymphocytic myocarditis, a common type of fulminant myocarditis, cardiac function is often recovered after peak myocardial inflammation subsides; however, some cases show irreversible myocardial damage. Herein, we report the case of a 43‐year‐old woman with irreversible, right‐side dominant ventricular myocardial damage; she presented with various cardiopulmonary conditions including complete atrioventricular block, ventricular tachycardia, right heart failure, right ventricular thrombosis, and pulmonary embolism. The patient was successfully treated with medications and a cardiac resynchronization therapy‐defibrillator device. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RIGHT heart ventricle
DEFIBRILLATORS
THROMBOSIS
ACUTE coronary syndrome
INFLAMMATION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20555822
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- ESC Heart Failure
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 154359126
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.13658