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Parvovirus B19 Myocarditis of Fulminant Evolution

Myocarditis is an inflammation of the myocardium. Clinical presentation ranges from non-specific systematic symptoms to fulminant collapse and sudden death. Sudden death occurs at rates of 8.6-12% and cardiomyopathy at 9%. In active myocarditis, there is inflammatory cellular infiltrate with myocard...

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Autores principales: Spartalis, Michael, Tzatzaki, Eleni, Spartalis, Eleftherios, Damaskos, Christos, Mavrogeni, Sophie, Voudris, Vassilis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5574291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28868104
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/cr580w
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Sumario:Myocarditis is an inflammation of the myocardium. Clinical presentation ranges from non-specific systematic symptoms to fulminant collapse and sudden death. Sudden death occurs at rates of 8.6-12% and cardiomyopathy at 9%. In active myocarditis, there is inflammatory cellular infiltrate with myocardial necrosis. The disease is distinguished by clinical presentation in fulminant and non-fulminant myocarditis. We present a rare case of a parvovirus B19-induced fulminant viral myocarditis in a young female. The patient presented with acute onset heart failure mimicking a myocardial infarction, followed by non-specific symptoms that had been misdiagnosed as urinary tract infection.