title: [Giant-cell myocarditis simulating an apical myocardial infarct].
abstract: We present a case of a 57-year-old man with a giant-cell myocarditis that made its debut as a sustained ventricular polymorphic tachycardia interpreted in the context of old apical myocardium infarct, with a posterior evolution towards refractory heart failure, which finally needed urgent cardiac transplantation. We explain the characteristics of this unusual myocarditis, which has a poor prognosis, and also the results of the laboratory techniques that led to an equivocal diagnosis in this patient.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital de Txagorritxu, Vitoria.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Alonso Gómez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Arós
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alfageme
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martín Durán
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004630:Emergencies; D015726:Giant Cells / Q000473:pathology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology