Acute myocarditis from coxsackie infection, mimicking subendocardial ischaemia.
Viral myocarditis may have various clinical presentations, sometimes mimicking acute myocardial infarction or ischaemia. We describe the case of a young man presenting with acute heart failure, who had electrocardiographic changes suggesting myocardial ischaemia and an episode of sustained ventricular tachycardia. The diagnosis of acute myocarditis was confirmed using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
Chrysohoou
Christina
C
1st Cardiology Department, University of Athens Medical School, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Greece. chrysohoou@usa.net
Tsiamis
Eleytherios
E
Brili
Stella
S
Barbetseas
John
J
Stefanadis
Christodoulos
C