Open AccessA Case of Viral Myocarditis Presenting With Acute Asthma Attack
Author(s) -
Bünyamin Sertoğullarından,
Bülent Özbay,
Hasan Ali Gümrükçüoğlu,
Mehmet Ata Akıl,
Mehmet Hakan Bilgin,
Murat Yasar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical medicine research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-3011
pISSN - 1918-3003
DOI - 10.4021/jocmr823w
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , viral myocarditis , myocarditis , hypokinesia , ejection fraction , ventricle , heart failure , cardiology , emergency department , chest pain , psychiatry
Acute viral myocarditis is one of the causes of heart failure. Cardiac asthma is commonly observed in elderly patients with left heart failure. If the pulmonary manifestations are prominent it can mask the involvement of heart. We report a young case of viral myocarditis mimicking acute asthma attack.
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