[Fulminant myocarditis presenting like acute myocardial infarction in a 6-year-old girl].
Acute myocarditis is a rare inflammatory cardiac disease in children with potentially fatal issue. Clinical findings are very variable from nausea and vomiting to acute cardiovascular collapse. The cardiac function can be reversible with circulatory support. We report the case of a 6-year-old girl with ECG changes like myocardial infarction and diagnosis of fulminant myocarditis. She developped rapidly a cardiogenic shock and died before treatment with mechanical circulatory support.
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Service de Réanimation Pédiatrique Polyvalente, Hôpital des Enfants, 330, avenue de Grande-Bretagne, 31026 Toulouse, France.
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Bassil
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality*; D011379:Prognosis; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000175:diagnosis