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Incidence of three presentations of acute myocarditis in young men in military service. A 20-year experience

Author(s) -

Jouko Karjalainen,

J Heikkilä

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

european heart journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336

H-Index - 293

eISSN - 1522-9645

pISSN - 0195-668X

DOI - 10.1053/euhj.1998.1444

Subject(s) - medicine , myocarditis , dilated cardiomyopathy , myocardial infarction , incidence (geometry) , population , cardiology , etiology , troponin , sudden death , chest pain , heart failure , physics , environmental health , optics

The incidence of myocarditis is uncertain as diagnostic criteria have been vague. We evaluated the incidence of myocarditis presenting in three well defined forms (mimicking myocardial infarction, presenting as dilated cardiomyopathy, and as a cause of sudden death) in young men in military service over a 20-year period.

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