Coxsackievirus-Induced Myocarditis With Acute Onset of Heart Failure With Pleural Effusion

This is a case of a 45-year-old Caucasian female with coxsackievirus-induced myocarditis. Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscles, which can be difficult to diagnose at times because its symptoms overlap with other cardiovascular diseases. At times, when the patient presents, the full im...

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Published in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2024-03, Vol.16 (3), p.e55938
Main Authors: Hamdan, Jaafar A, Afaq, Shaikh, Khan, Akbar, Shah, Ritu, Mitzov, Nikolay, Castano, Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Auscultation
Biopsy
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Cardiology
Case reports
Coronary vessels
Coronaviruses
COVID-19 vaccines
Edema
Ejection fraction
Etiology
Heart failure
Heart transplants
Hemodynamics
Immune system
Internal Medicine
Magnetic resonance imaging
Medical imaging
Pain
Pandemics
Patients
Peptides
Pleural effusion
Tomography
Toxins
Ultrasonic imaging
Veins & arteries
Viruses
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Summary:This is a case of a 45-year-old Caucasian female with coxsackievirus-induced myocarditis. Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscles, which can be difficult to diagnose at times because its symptoms overlap with other cardiovascular diseases. At times, when the patient presents, the full impact of the etiology would have either improved or resolved. In this case, the patient presented with symptoms closely resembling that of acute coronary syndrome but did not fit the typical age category. After lab and imaging workup, the coxsackievirus panel was positive, complicated with a new diagnosis of systolic heart failure with an ejection fraction of 30%-35% along with pericardial effusion.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.55938