title: Pseudo-myocardial infarction during an episode of herpes zoster.
abstract: The patient arrived at the emergency unit with a history of acute myocardial infarction, for which she was treated. Without improvement in the pain, the patient developed heart failure and underwent a hemodynamic study, which showed normal coronary arteries and extensive ventricular impairment. During evolution, the clinical findings improved and herpes zoster appeared on the right shoulder. In a few months the clinical findings subsided, and the findings of the electrocardiogram, chest X-ray, and ventricular function were normal. The patient is currently asymptomatic.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Franken
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Franken
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000821:virology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000821:virology*