Myocarditis masquerading as a ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 936-939

  Shah, Atman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

endomyocardial biopsy; myocardial necrosis; myocarditis; ST elevation of myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; LISINOPRIL; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; CREATINE KINASE; LACTIC ACID; TROPONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MYOCARDITIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; HEART MUSCLE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATHOLOGY; PROTEINURIA;

CREATINE KINASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; PROTEINURIA; TROPONIN; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 77956394271     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181eb3443     Document Type: Article

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