Varicella myopericarditis mimicking myocardial infarction in a 17-year-old boy

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 288-290

  De, Aliva ^a   Myridakis, Dorothy ^a   Kerrigan, Margot ^a   Kiblawi, Fuad ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cardiovascular diseases virology; Chest pain etiology; Chickenpox complications; Diagnosis; Differential; Echocardiography; Myocarditis etiology pathology therapy virology; Pericarditis etiology pathology therapy virology; Treatment outcome; Troponin i blood

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; ESOMEPRAZOLE; HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; MORPHINE; TROPONIN I; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHICKENPOX; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAPHORESIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SINUS RHYTHM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE INVERSION; THORAX PAIN; VARICELLA MYOPERICARDITIS; VESICULAR RASH;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEST PAIN; CHICKENPOX; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 79959936593     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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