| Literature DB >> 23205365 |
Kalpana Kumari M K1, Vijaya V Mysorekar, Praveen S.
Abstract
Giant-cell myocarditis is a disease of relatively young, predominantly healthy adults. The patients usually die of heart failure and ventricular arrhythmia unless a cardiac transplantation is performed. We are reporting here an autopsy case of idiopathic giant cell myocarditis with no symptoms in a 27-year old -worker who died suddenly.The purpose of this report was to emphasize that idiopathic giant cell myocarditis was a rare disease and that it could exist in the absence of any symptomatic heart disease.Entities:
Keywords: Giant cells; Idiopathic giant cell myocarditis; Sudden death
Year: 2012 PMID: 23205365 PMCID: PMC3471505 DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2012/4298.2377
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Diagn Res ISSN: 0973-709X