Left ventricular asynergy in acute myocarditis. Simulation of acute myocardial infarction.
Recent studies have demonstrated the usefulness of two-dimensional echocardiography in the detection of regional wall abnormalities in acute myocardial infarction. We describe two patients with acute myocarditis who had acute chest pain simulating acute myocardial infarction. Two-dimensional echocardiography initially demonstrated regional wall motion abnormalities that disappeared within a few days. These two cases illustrate that regional wall motion abnormalities are not specific for acute myocardial infarction and that acute myocarditis may simulate acute myocardial infarction.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis