Segmental myocardial hypokinesis and hypertrophy as initial echocardiographic presentation of myocarditis

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Oct 20;176(3):1460-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.064. Epub 2014 Aug 27.

Authors

Eleftherios Tsiamis¹, Vasiliki Panagopoulou¹, Constantina Aggeli¹, Konstantinos Toutouzas¹, Evangelos Oikonomou¹, Christodoulos Stefanadis¹, Dimitris Tousoulis²

Affiliations

¹ 1st Department of Cardiology, 'Hippokration' Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
² 1st Department of Cardiology, 'Hippokration' Hospital, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: drtousoulis@hotmail.com.

PMID: 25217212
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.064

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac magnetic resonance; Echocardiography; Hypertrophy; Hypokinesis; Myocardial strain; Myocarditis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Echocardiography / methods*
Humans
Hypertrophy / diagnostic imaging
Hypertrophy / pathology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
Male
Myocardial Contraction / physiology*
Myocarditis / diagnostic imaging*
Myocarditis / pathology
Myocarditis / physiopathology
Myocardium / pathology*
Ventricular Function, Left / physiology*