Varicella-Zoster Myocarditis Mimicking Acute Myocardial Infarction

Varicella-Zoster Myocarditis Mimicking Acute Myocardial Infarction

A 23-year-old male was admitted with chest pain. The electrocardiogram showed ST elevation in leads DI, aVL, V2-V6. Troponin T was 1.1ng/mL. Left ventricular systolic function was globally reduced (ejection fraction 45%). The patient was treated with thrombolytic. Twenty-four hours after admission p...

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Main Authors: DONOIU, I., ISTRĂTOAIE, O.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Medical University Publishing House Craiova 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4006337/
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spelling pubmed-40063372014-05-01 Varicella-Zoster Myocarditis Mimicking Acute Myocardial Infarction DONOIU, I. ISTRĂTOAIE, O. Case Reports A 23-year-old male was admitted with chest pain. The electrocardiogram showed ST elevation in leads DI, aVL, V2-V6. Troponin T was 1.1ng/mL. Left ventricular systolic function was globally reduced (ejection fraction 45%). The patient was treated with thrombolytic. Twenty-four hours after admission pruriginous vesicles with a clear content and surrounded by a pink halo appeared on his face, head and torso, suggesting varicella-zoster infection. This case illustrates the difficulties of diagnosis in acute myocarditis. Medical University Publishing House Craiova 2014 2013-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4006337/ /pubmed/24791213 http://dx.doi.org/10.12865/CHSJ.40.01.16 Text en Copyright © 2014, Medical University Publishing House Craiova http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License, which permits unrestricted use, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium, non-commercially, provided the new creations are licensed under identical terms as the original work and the original work is properly cited.
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author DONOIU, I.
ISTRĂTOAIE, O.
spellingShingle DONOIU, I.
ISTRĂTOAIE, O.
Varicella-Zoster Myocarditis Mimicking Acute Myocardial Infarction
author_facet DONOIU, I.
ISTRĂTOAIE, O.
author_sort DONOIU, I.
title Varicella-Zoster Myocarditis Mimicking Acute Myocardial Infarction
title_short Varicella-Zoster Myocarditis Mimicking Acute Myocardial Infarction
title_full Varicella-Zoster Myocarditis Mimicking Acute Myocardial Infarction
title_fullStr Varicella-Zoster Myocarditis Mimicking Acute Myocardial Infarction
title_full_unstemmed Varicella-Zoster Myocarditis Mimicking Acute Myocardial Infarction
title_sort varicella-zoster myocarditis mimicking acute myocardial infarction
description A 23-year-old male was admitted with chest pain. The electrocardiogram showed ST elevation in leads DI, aVL, V2-V6. Troponin T was 1.1ng/mL. Left ventricular systolic function was globally reduced (ejection fraction 45%). The patient was treated with thrombolytic. Twenty-four hours after admission pruriginous vesicles with a clear content and surrounded by a pink halo appeared on his face, head and torso, suggesting varicella-zoster infection. This case illustrates the difficulties of diagnosis in acute myocarditis.
publisher Medical University Publishing House Craiova
publishDate 2014
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4006337/
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