PMID- 20689468
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100928
LR  - 20131121
IS  - 1541-8243 (Electronic)
IS  - 0038-4348 (Linking)
VI  - 103
IP  - 9
DP  - 2010 Sep
TI  - Myocarditis masquerading as a ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
PG  - 936-9
LID - 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181eb3443 [doi]
AB  - Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the myocardium with a wide range of 
      clinical presentations, from vague flu-like symptoms to rapidly progressive heart 
      failure. The diagnosis is made histopathologically, with the help of 
      immunohistochemical stains. Myocarditis is classified by specific criteria, and 
      the myocardial biopsy reveals an inflammatory infiltrate with necrosis and/or 
      degeneration of adjacent myocytes. The case of a young woman who presented with a 
      ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is presented. The current literature 
      is reviewed to discuss the approach to evaluation and treatment of suspected 
      myocarditis.
FAU - Shah, Atman
AU  - Shah A
AD  - Department of General Internal Medicine, University of Florida, Health Science 
      Center, Jacksonville, FL, USA. atman.shah@yahoo.com
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - South Med J
JT  - Southern medical journal
JID - 0404522
RN  - 0 (Troponin)
RN  - 33X04XA5AT (Lactic Acid)
RN  - EC 2.7.3.2 (Creatine Kinase)
SB  - IM
MH  - Cardiac Catheterization
MH  - Creatine Kinase/blood
MH  - Diagnosis, Differential
MH  - Electrocardiography
MH  - Fatal Outcome
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Lactic Acid/blood
MH  - Liver Function Tests
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Myocardial Infarction/diagnosis
MH  - Myocarditis/*diagnosis
MH  - Myocardium/pathology
MH  - Proteinuria/diagnosis
MH  - Troponin/blood
EDAT- 2010/08/07 06:00
MHDA- 2010/09/30 06:00
CRDT- 2010/08/07 06:00
PHST- 2010/08/07 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/08/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/09/30 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181eb3443 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - South Med J. 2010 Sep;103(9):936-9. doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181eb3443.