Acute myocardial infarction spurred by myopericarditis in a young female patient: Coxsackie B2 to blame

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-81

  Liapounova, Natalia A ^a   Mouquet, Frédéric ^b   Ennezat, Pierre V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction myopericarditis coxsackie B2 cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLOPIDOGREL; COLCHICINE; CREATINE KINASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRINOGEN; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; AKINESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; COXSACKIE VIRUS; COXSACKIE VIRUS B2; COXSACKIE VIRUS INFECTION; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS;

EID: 79952050782     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.66.1.2064971     Document Type: Article

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