Coxsackie B4 viral myocarditis causing ventricular aneurysm.
This report describes a patient with viral myocarditis who developed acute dilated cardiomyopathy. The patient recovered well but a left ventricular aneurysm was detected angiographically. There was no history of myocardial infarction and the coronary arteries were normal. This is the first reported case of left ventricular aneurysm due to viral myocarditis.
Goudevenos
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Regional Cardiothoracic Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.
Parry
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Gold
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D000328:Adult; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000209:etiology; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D011859:Radiography