Pseudo-infarto do miocárdio durante episódio de Herpes Zoster / Pseudo-myocardial infarction during an episode of herpes zoster
Arq. bras. cardiol
;
75(6): 523-30, Dec. 2000. ilus, tab
Article
in Portuguese, English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-275435
ABSTRACT
The patient arrived at the emergency unit with a history of acute myocardial infarction, for which she was treated. Without improvement in the pain, the patient developed heart failure and underwent a hemodynamic study, which showed normal coronary arteries and extensive ventricular impairment. During evolution, the clinical findings improved and herpes zoster appeared on the right shoulder. In a few months the clinical findings subsided, and the findings of the electrocardiogram, chest X-ray, and ventricular function were normal. The patient is currently asymptomatic
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Cardiac Output, Low
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Herpes Zoster
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Myocarditis
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
/
Portuguese
Journal:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2000
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Santa Casa de São Paulo/BR
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