title: Coxsackie viral myocarditis: a clinical and echocardiographic study.
abstract: Thirty two patients with acute onset of cardiac symptoms following an episode suggestive of viral infection, were studied. 11 patients had Coxsackie viral myocarditis. All had 4 fold rise of neutralising Coxsackie viral antibody titres on paired sera tested. Coxsackie B virus types 2 and 4 were commonly detected. Among the eleven patients, 8 presented with congestive heart failure, 2 with ventricular arrhythmias and one with chest pain and S3 gallop. All had ECG changes. Echocardiographic examination showed global left ventricular dysfunction in 7, regional wall motion abnormalities in 2 and normal left ventricular function in one. Serial echocardiographic examination showed progressive myocardial dysfunction in 3 and improvement in myocardial function in two patients. Two patients died during the follow up period. Echocardiography helped in assessing the course of patients with viral myocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Joy
authors.forename: Y Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raveendranath
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shanmugam
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Balakrishnan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*