Constrictive pericarditis caused by viral myocarditis in children: a brief report

BACKGROUND: Constrictive pericarditis is more common in adults and has a low incidence in children. Here is a case of coxsackie virus induced myocarditis in children, resulting in constrictive pericarditis. CONCLUSION: Chronic inflammation of viral myocarditis can cause inflammatory changes of peric...

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Autores principales: Lei, Haiyan, Wang, Dandan, Wang, Haiyong, Xu, Yuansheng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9420253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36031615
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-022-01969-6
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Constrictive pericarditis is more common in adults and has a low incidence in children. Here is a case of coxsackie virus induced myocarditis in children, resulting in constrictive pericarditis. CONCLUSION: Chronic inflammation of viral myocarditis can cause inflammatory changes of pericarditis and cause constrictive pericarditis.

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