ACUTE MYOCARDITIS SIMULATING INFARCTION - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
LESENNE M ASSEMAN P FORTIER B DEGROOTE P BAUCHART JJ MILLAIRE A HAFTEL Y THERY C
Citation
M. Lesenne et al., ACUTE MYOCARDITIS SIMULATING INFARCTION - A CASE-REPORT, Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux, 89(7), 1996, pp. 923-925
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System","Peripheal Vascular Diseas
Journal title
Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039683
Volume
89
Issue
7
Year of publication
1996
Pages
923 - 925
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9683(1996)89:7<923:AMSI-A>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Acute myocarditis due to toxoplasmosis infection has been previously r eported, usually in patients suffering from immune-depression. Cardiac involvement by toxoplasmosis is rare in subjects with a normal immuno logical status. The authors report the case of a 16-year-old patient w ithout immune-depression with acute myocarditis caused by toxoplasmosi s simulating myocardial infarction.