Clinical investigationMyocarditis presenting as acute myocardial infarction☆
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2022, Magnetic Resonance ImagingLymphocytic myocarditis occurs with myocardial infarction and coincides with increased inflammation, hemorrhage and instability in coronary artery atherosclerotic plaques
2017, International Journal of CardiologyCitation Excerpt :The clinical presentation of LM is very diverse and varies from mild flu-like symptoms to acute heart failure and sometimes sudden death [1]. In addition, patients with LM can present with a variety of clinical symptoms suggestive of myocardial infarction (MI), such as chest pain, electrocardiographic ST-segment elevation, wall motion abnormalities and increased blood levels of cardiac enzymes [2–10]. Moreover, coronary artery spasms have been reported to occur in patients with LM [11–13].
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2014, Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious DiseasesIschemic cardiac events and other adverse events following ACAM2000<sup>®</sup> smallpox vaccine in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System
2014, VaccineCitation Excerpt :These investigators found implementation of pre-vaccination cardiac risk factor screening was not associated with a reduction of cardiac events. Clinically, myocarditis can mimic acute myocardial infarction and is suspected in patients with clinical and ECG evidence of acute coronary syndrome along with a normal coronary angiogram; this is true particularly in younger patients [36–40]. Chest pain or heart failure symptoms after smallpox vaccination should be taken seriously and addressed with a diagnostic work up and treated appropriately.
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2012, Journal of Emergency MedicineCitation Excerpt :Biopsies were not obtained to confirm the diagnosis. Myopericarditis is a necrotic inflammation of the heart and can be easily mistaken for ACS (6–10). It is caused by infectious, immunologic, or toxic etiologies (11,12).
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Supported in part by grant HL-07374 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and grant AI 18255 from the National Institutes of Health, and by an Established Investigatorship from the American Heart Association (Dr. Sullivan).