Statin-Induced Triad of Autoimmune Myocarditis, Myositis, and Transaminitis

Despite well-established cardiovascular benefits, statins have been associated with myopathic side effects ranging from myalgias to rhabdomyolysis and autoimmune necrotizing myositis. Statins have not been previously shown to cause myocarditis. Our case highlights this rare entity.

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Autores principales: Ajmal, Muhammad, Singh, Amitoj, Kubba, Saad, Hershman, Michelle, Acharya, Tushar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8052178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33898067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6660362
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author Ajmal, Muhammad
Singh, Amitoj
Kubba, Saad
Hershman, Michelle
Acharya, Tushar
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spelling pubmed-80521782021-04-22 Statin-Induced Triad of Autoimmune Myocarditis, Myositis, and Transaminitis Ajmal, Muhammad Singh, Amitoj Kubba, Saad Hershman, Michelle Acharya, Tushar Case Rep Cardiol Case Report Despite well-established cardiovascular benefits, statins have been associated with myopathic side effects ranging from myalgias to rhabdomyolysis and autoimmune necrotizing myositis. Statins have not been previously shown to cause myocarditis. Our case highlights this rare entity. Hindawi 2021-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8052178/ /pubmed/33898067 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6660362 Text en Copyright © 2021 Muhammad Ajmal et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Hershman, Michelle
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Statin-Induced Triad of Autoimmune Myocarditis, Myositis, and Transaminitis
title Statin-Induced Triad of Autoimmune Myocarditis, Myositis, and Transaminitis
title_full Statin-Induced Triad of Autoimmune Myocarditis, Myositis, and Transaminitis
title_fullStr Statin-Induced Triad of Autoimmune Myocarditis, Myositis, and Transaminitis
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title_short Statin-Induced Triad of Autoimmune Myocarditis, Myositis, and Transaminitis
title_sort statin-induced triad of autoimmune myocarditis, myositis, and transaminitis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8052178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33898067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6660362
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