Acute lymphocytic myocarditis
Maedeh Ganji
Jose Ruiz-Morales
Saif Ibrahim
摘要：Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium.The clinical presentation of myocarditis may range from subclinical to sudden death.The incidence of fatal myocarditis,which often presents with sudden or rapid death,has been estimated at 0.15/100.000 in the general population and is highest in infants and young adults (but may affect any age group).However,diffuse myocarditis in autopsies of sudden death is ＜ 2％ in adult.Myocarditis usually presents with heart failure symptoms over a few days to weeks.The classic presentation of viral myocarditis includes a viral prodrome with fever,myalgia,and upper respiratory symptoms.Patients present with dyspnea,chest pain,and arrhythmias.ECG abnormalities are often present,along with evidence of myocardial damage with elevated troponin levels.We present the case of a 78-year old white male who died from acute cardiac decompensation from diffuse acute lymphocytic myocarditis.
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论文发表日期：2018-07-19
在线出版日期：2025-08-15（本平台首次上网日期，不代表文献的发表时间）
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