Difficulties in myocarditis diagnosis: a case report
- Autores: Poteshkina N.G.1,2, Kovalevskaya E.A.1,2, Sinitsyn V.E.3, Mershina E.A.3, Filatova D.A.3, Selivanova G.B.1, Shashkina Y.R.2
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Afiliações:
- The Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov
- Moscow City Hospital 52
- Lomonosov Moscow State University Medical Research and Educational Center
- Edição: Volume 4, Nº 4 (2023)
- Páginas: 605-615
- Seção: Case reports
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/DD/article/view/262983
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/DD546163
- ID: 262983
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Myocarditis is often difficult to diagnose. The diagnostic difficulties include nonspecific symptoms or a “vague” clinical picture, absence of pathognomonic signs during physical examination, and endomyocardial biopsy, which is the “gold standard” of diagnosis of myocarditis, being an invasive procedure that is performed under strict indications in certain patients. Nevertheless, as radiology is rapidly developing, clinicians are now able to noninvasively diagnose symptoms of inflammatory myocardial damage, including edema and myocardial fibrosis, using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. This article presents the clinical case of a young patient with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome, who showed no evidence of coronary artery disease. Myocarditis was suspected because of increased activity of cardiospecific enzymes and high levels of inflammatory markers, pronounced electrocardiography changes with positive dynamics, and recent infection. Magnetic resonance imaging was used to confirm myocarditis diagnosis. Thus, this case study demonstrates the role of imaging techniques in the differential diagnosis of ischemic and inflammatory heart diseases.
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Natalia Poteshkina
The Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov; Moscow City Hospital 52
Autor responsável pela correspondência
Email: nat-pa@yandex.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9803-2139
Código SPIN: 2863-4840
MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor
Rússia, Moscow; MoscowElena Kovalevskaya
The Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov; Moscow City Hospital 52
Email: tolyaaa@mail.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0787-4347
Código SPIN: 8853-2700
MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.), Assistant professor
Rússia, Moscow; MoscowValentin Sinitsyn
Lomonosov Moscow State University Medical Research and Educational Center
Email: vsini@mail.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5649-2193
Código SPIN: 8449-6590
MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor
Rússia, MoscowElena Mershina
Lomonosov Moscow State University Medical Research and Educational Center
Email: elena_mershina@mail.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1266-4926
Código SPIN: 6897-9641
MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.), Assistant professor
Rússia, MoscowDaria Filatova
Lomonosov Moscow State University Medical Research and Educational Center
Email: dariafilatova.msu@mail.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-0894-1994
Código SPIN: 2665-5973
Rússia, Moscow
Galina Selivanova
The Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov
Email: galina.selivanova@rambler.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2980-9754
Código SPIN: 9711-5041
MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor
Rússia, MoscowYavilika Shashkina
Moscow City Hospital 52
Email: yavilika-medik@mail.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2194-0785
Rússia, Moscow
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