| Literature DB >> 32300511 |
Alejandro Sanchez-Nadales1, Valentina Celis2, Miguel Treminio Quezada1, Jessica Navarro1, Elena Caldeira1.
Abstract
We describe the case of a 31-year-old male who came to the emergency department complaining of marked bilateral lower extremities edema, dyspnea, fatigue, and exertion intolerance. Strategies for the management of viral myocarditis with acute heart failure include pharmacological therapies and mechanical circulatory assist devices if required. Despite multiple available diagnostic methods and treatments, viral myocarditis remains as an etiology of challenging diagnosis, and poor prognosis with a high mortality rate.Entities:
Keywords: cardiac magnetic resonance; endomyocardial biopsy; heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; transthoracic echocardiography; viral myocarditis
Year: 2020 PMID: 32300511 PMCID: PMC7159145 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.7292
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cureus ISSN: 2168-8184