Myocarditis mimicking acute coronary syndrome following influenza B virus infection: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Muneuchi, Jun ^a   Kanaya, Yoshiaki ^a   Takimoto, Tomoko ^a   Hoshina, Takayuki ^a   Kusuhara, Koichi ^a   Hara, Toshiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEAD; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; TROPONIN T; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TEST; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 77953231973     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4076/1757-1626-2-6809     Document Type: Article

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