title: Markedly Elevated Cardiac Bio-Markers at Presentation With Normal Ventricular Function: A Novel Clinical Subset of Myocarditis Manifestation.
abstract: We present a case of a 19-year-old woman with myocarditis who had significantly elevated cardiac markers at presentation even before any myocardial damage ensued. The patient had complicated clinical course with ventricular arrhythmia and cardiac arrest requiring resuscitation but eventually recovered completely. Though there is limited information available regarding such cases, the significantly elevated initial cardiac markers in the absence of left ventricular decompensation may probably represent a clinical subset of myocarditis and may portend an impending complicated clinical course. Further systematic research is required to define the clinical phenotype and elucidate underlying mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Danbury Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Amruth R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Palla
authors.affiliation: Creighton University School of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, USA.
authors.forename: Siva
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sontineni
authors.affiliation: Danbury Hospital, Department of Cardiology, USA.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mani
keywords: Arrhythmia; Cardiac troponins; Congestive heart failure; Myocarditis