Significant cardiomyopathy secondary to West Nile virus infection.
West Nile virus (WNV) myocarditis has been documented pathologically in birds and mammals, but has rarely been reported in human clinical syndromes. Severe cardiomyopathy as a consequence of WNV has not yet been reported.
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Farmington Heart Center, 480 Cerrillos Drive, Farmington, NM 87401, USA. khouzamrami@yahoo.com
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D000328:Adult; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy / Q000821:virology*; D012698:Serologic Tests; D014901:West Nile Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000276:immunology