Cardiology Letters 2024, 33(2):116-119
Acute EBV myocarditis. Multidimensional imaging
- 1 Kardiologická klinika LFUK a NÚSCH, a. s., Oddelenie zlyhávania a transplantácie srdca
- 2 Klinika diagnostickej a intervenčnej rádiológie LF SZU a NÚSCH, a. s.
- 3 CYTOPATHOS, spol. s r. o.
- 4 I. interná klinika SZU a UNB, Bratislava, Slovenská republika
A case of isolated EBV myocarditis in young nonimmunocompromited male is presented. Precise diagnosis was made promtly using cardiomarkers, advanced echocardiography, MRI and endomyocardial biopsy with virus genome detection.
Keywords: acute myocarditis; Epstein-Barr virus; diagnostics
Published: February 1, 2024 Show citation
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