THE INFLAMMATORY IMPOSTER: FOCAL MYOCARDITIS MASQUERADING AS ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Authors :: Adam Moskowitz
John P. Vavalle
Shivanshu Madan
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71:A2257
Publication Year :: 2018
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2018.
Abstract: Acute myocarditis often mimics acute myocardial infarction (MI) and can present a diagnostic dilemma. A 16-year-old healthy female presented with vomiting, malaise and bradycardia. Workup revealed inferolateral ST-elevation and troponin >200 ng/mL. She was transferred to pediatric intensive care

Subjects :: Bradycardia
medicine.medical_specialty
biology
business.industry
medicine.disease
Troponin
Malaise
Acute myocarditis
Intensive care
Internal medicine
medicine
Cardiology
biology.protein
Vomiting
Myocardial infarction
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Focal myocarditis

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