Myocarditis with myocardial infarction like findings in a 3-year old girl

A 3 year-old Japanese girl had an acute onset associated with vomiting. The electrocardiogram (ECG) indicated changes similar to those of acute myocardial infarction (MI); there was no past history of kawasaki disease. Selective coronary angiography taken on the 28th day of illness revealed no abnor...

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Published in:	Japanese circulation journal Vol. 50; no. 12; pp. 1275 - 1279
Main Authors:	Tsukada, K, Takemura, N, Itoh, K, Tatara, K, Tahara, K, Lee, K, Kiguchi, H, Kusakawa, S
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Japan 1986
Subjects:	Antibodies, Viral - analysis Child, Preschool Coxsackievirus B3 Coxsackievirus Infections - diagnosis Diagnosis, Differential Electrocardiography Enterovirus B, Human - immunology Female Humans Myocardial Infarction - diagnosis Myocarditis - diagnosis
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Summary:	A 3 year-old Japanese girl had an acute onset associated with vomiting. The electrocardiogram (ECG) indicated changes similar to those of acute myocardial infarction (MI); there was no past history of kawasaki disease. Selective coronary angiography taken on the 28th day of illness revealed no abnormality. Thallium 201 scintigraphy was also performed and it revealed that the area of absent myocardial uptake was in the anterior wall. In serological findings, antibody titers against Coxsackie B-3 virus had risen significantly; therefore acute myocarditis caused by Coxsackie B-3 virus infection was diagnosed.
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ISSN:	0047-1828 1347-4839
DOI:	10.1253/jcj.50.1275