When an MI is not an MI: A case of varicella zoster myocarditis

Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-195

  Kelly, Emer ^a,b   Cullen, Garret ^a   McGurk, Colm ^a  

^a St Lukes General Hospital Kilkenny   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Myocarditis; Troponin; Varicella zoster

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 38949152439     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106682     Document Type: Article

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