Granulomatous tubercular myocarditis: a rare cause of heart failure in the young

Granulomatous myocarditis is a rare disease of the heart. The present case highlights a potentially life-threatening and rare tubercular involvement of the myocardium in a young woman in the form of granulomas and abscess.

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Published in:Cardiology in the young 2013-10, Vol.23 (5), p.740-741
Main Authors: Gupta, Mohit D., Yadav, Neeraj, Palleda, Girish M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiology
Female
Heart failure
Heart Failure - diagnostic imaging
Heart Failure - etiology
Humans
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Myocarditis - complications
Myocarditis - diagnostic imaging
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular - complications
Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular - diagnostic imaging
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - complications
Ultrasonography
Young Adult
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Summary:Granulomatous myocarditis is a rare disease of the heart. The present case highlights a potentially life-threatening and rare tubercular involvement of the myocardium in a young woman in the form of granulomas and abscess.
ISSN:1047-9511
1467-1107
DOI:10.1017/S1047951113000723