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Isolated Giant Cell Myocarditis in the Atrium: An Incidental Finding?
Author(s) -
AHMAD IMRAN,
CRAIG MILLER D.,
BERRY GERALD J.,
HSIA HENRY H.,
WANG PAUL J.,
ALAHMAD AMIN
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00512.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ventricle , myocarditis , cardiology , atrium (architecture) , left atrium , right atrium , gcm transcription factors , atrial fibrillation , ecology , climate change , general circulation model , biology
Giant cell myocarditis (GCM) is an uncommon disorder that affects ventricular myocardium causing severe left ventricular dysfunction and ventricular arrhythmias. We report a case of GCM that only affected the atrium sparing the ventricle.