title: Clinical myocarditis masquerading as acute coronary syndrome.
abstract: We report a series of children with clinical myocarditis presenting with chest pain and elevated cardiac troponin I mimicking coronary syndrome. Our series illustrates the complementary role the magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomographic angiography can play in the evaluation of these patients. Elevated cardiac troponin I levels were found to be related to the extent of myocardial involvement, but did not necessarily indicate poor prognosis in children with myocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hasbro Children's Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kern
authors.forename: Rushabn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Modi
authors.forename: Michael K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Atalay
authors.forename: Lazaros K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Kochilas