Pericarditis or myocarditis: still a clinical problem
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Abstract
Pericarditis and myocarditis are diseases of a similar etiology and clinical image, and they often overlap. Depending on the clinical manifestation, there is pericarditis with simultaneous involvement of the heart muscle (myopericarditis), or myocarditis with pericardial involvement (perimyocarditis). The paper presents a case of a young patient with myopericarditis, with attention to the electrocardiographic image and parameters of myocardial damage.
Abstract
Pericarditis and myocarditis are diseases of a similar etiology and clinical image, and they often overlap. Depending on the clinical manifestation, there is pericarditis with simultaneous involvement of the heart muscle (myopericarditis), or myocarditis with pericardial involvement (perimyocarditis). The paper presents a case of a young patient with myopericarditis, with attention to the electrocardiographic image and parameters of myocardial damage.
Keywords
myopericarditis, troponins, electrocardiogram
About this articleTitle
Pericarditis or myocarditis: still a clinical problem
Journal
Issue
Article type
Case report
Pages
55-58
DOI
10.5603/FC.2021.0008
Bibliographic record
Folia Cardiologica 2021;16(1):55-58.
Keywords
myopericarditis
troponins
electrocardiogram
Authors
Jan W. Pęksa
Anna Malinowska-Karpiel
Marek Klocek
Marek Rajzer