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16788323

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-21
pubmed:abstractText
Myocarditis is inflammation of cardiac muscle, which may be acute, subacute, or chronic with either focal or diffuse involvement of the myocardium. This leads to a cardiomyopathy with clinical features of heart failure as well as echocardiographic evidence of global dilation of the cardiac chambers. There are numerous reports in the literature of viral myocarditis causing dilated cardiomyopathy; however, there are no reports of recurrent viral myocarditis and vaccine-associated myocarditis in a single patient with complete reversal of the cardiomyopathy and return to normal cardiac function. We present a case of recurrent myocarditis in a female patient caused by a viral upper respiratory infection and streptococcal pneumonia vaccination who presented with recurrent episodes of reversible cardiomyopathy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1538-4683
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
e1-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Recurrent reversible dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to viral and streptococcal pneumonia vaccine-associated myocarditis.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiology, North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York 11040, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports