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Giant Cell Myocarditis: A Time Sensitive Distant Diagnosis
Giant cell myocarditis is a rare type of rapidly progressive myocarditis. We present a dramatic case of giant cell myocarditis in a young female with an initial presentation of acute heart failure. Her clinical course was complicated with recurrent cardiac arrhythmias, specifically non-sustained ven...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7034760/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32133246 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6712 |
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author | Ghaly, Medhat Schiliro, Danise Stepczynski, Jadwiga |
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description | Giant cell myocarditis is a rare type of rapidly progressive myocarditis. We present a dramatic case of giant cell myocarditis in a young female with an initial presentation of acute heart failure. Her clinical course was complicated with recurrent cardiac arrhythmias, specifically non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, for which a dual chamber automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) was implanted. Eventually, she presented with cardiac arrest despite being on antiarrhythmic medication and an implantable defibrillator. In the right clinical context, such as an acute presentation of unexplained new-onset heart failure and arrhythmias in a young patient, it is very important to maintain high suspicion of such a rare disease. |
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spelling | pubmed-70347602020-03-04 Giant Cell Myocarditis: A Time Sensitive Distant Diagnosis Ghaly, Medhat Schiliro, Danise Stepczynski, Jadwiga Cureus Cardiology Giant cell myocarditis is a rare type of rapidly progressive myocarditis. We present a dramatic case of giant cell myocarditis in a young female with an initial presentation of acute heart failure. Her clinical course was complicated with recurrent cardiac arrhythmias, specifically non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, for which a dual chamber automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) was implanted. Eventually, she presented with cardiac arrest despite being on antiarrhythmic medication and an implantable defibrillator. In the right clinical context, such as an acute presentation of unexplained new-onset heart failure and arrhythmias in a young patient, it is very important to maintain high suspicion of such a rare disease. Cureus 2020-01-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7034760/ /pubmed/32133246 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6712 Text en Copyright © 2020, Ghaly et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Cardiology Ghaly, Medhat Schiliro, Danise Stepczynski, Jadwiga Giant Cell Myocarditis: A Time Sensitive Distant Diagnosis |
title | Giant Cell Myocarditis: A Time Sensitive Distant Diagnosis |
title_full | Giant Cell Myocarditis: A Time Sensitive Distant Diagnosis |
title_fullStr | Giant Cell Myocarditis: A Time Sensitive Distant Diagnosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Giant Cell Myocarditis: A Time Sensitive Distant Diagnosis |
title_short | Giant Cell Myocarditis: A Time Sensitive Distant Diagnosis |
title_sort | giant cell myocarditis: a time sensitive distant diagnosis |
topic | Cardiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7034760/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32133246 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6712 |
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