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On the Precipice of Disaster – Fulminant Acute Myocarditis Mimicking ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in a Young Patient Cover

On the Precipice of Disaster – Fulminant Acute Myocarditis Mimicking ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in a Young Patient

Open Access
|May 2022

Abstract

Although acute myocarditis and coronary vasospasm are common differential diagnoses in the case of young patients with persistent ST elevation, the association of coronary vasospasm and acute fulminant myocarditis is a rare situation1,2,3. We present the case of a 21 year-old male who presented with chest pain, ECG changes and biomarker levels initially interpreted as ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), in which severe coronary vasospasm was identified. Shortly after, he developed cardiogenic shock and fulminant acute myocarditis was suspected.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47803/rjc.2021.31.2.361 | Journal eISSN: 2734-6382 | Journal ISSN: 1220-658X
Language: English
Page range: 361 - 365
Published on: May 3, 2022
Published by: Romanian Society of Cardiology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2022 Ruxandra Dragoi Galrihno, Anca Balinisteanu, Vladimir Bratu, Andrea Ciobanu, Laura Mitrea, Alina Nicula, Dragos Vinereanu, published by Romanian Society of Cardiology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.