Enteritis-associated myocarditis

Paul Williams; John Lainchbury

doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2004.01.015

Enteritis-associated myocarditis

Heart Lung Circ. 2004 Mar;13(1):106-9. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2004.01.015.

Authors

Paul Williams¹, John Lainchbury

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital, PO Box 4345, Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand.

PMID: 16352179
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2004.01.015

Abstract

We describe two cases in which myocarditis was associated with a prodromal diarrhoeal illness as a result of bacterial enteritis. Both cases were associated with elevated troponin T and chest pain mimicking myocardial infarction.