BACKGROUND The natural history of myopericarditis/perimyocarditis is poorly known, and recently published studies have presented contrasting data on their outcomes. The aim of the present article is to assess the prognosis of myopericarditis/perimyocarditis in a multicenter, prospective cohort study. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 486 patients (median age, 39 years; range, 18-83 years; 300 me...

PATIENT Male, 31 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Myopericarditis Symptoms: Abdominal pain • diarrhea MEDICATION - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: Cardiology. OBJECTIVE Unusual setting of medical care. BACKGROUND Myopericarditis is a condition involving inflammation of the pericardium and myocardium. It has been reported in conjunction with inflammatory bowel disease as well as infectious colitis caused...

PATIENT Male, 29 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Myopericarditis Symptoms: Chest pain Medication: Ibuprofen Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: Cardiology. OBJECTIVE Unusual clinical course. BACKGROUND Cannabis is the most commonly used illegal substance worldwide and its consumption portends significant side effects. Nowadays, in order to increase its psychotropic effect, various substances are being added ...

Myopericarditis is not uncommon, but often under-diagnosed. In fulminant cases, it may lead rapidly to circulatory failure or malignant arrhythmia, causing mortality. In this report, we describe a 41-year-old man who had episodes of convulsion one week after an upper respiratory tract infection. His electrocardiograms (ECGs) recorded during attack showed ventricular tachycardia. He had pulmonar...

Myopericarditis has been a rare or unrecognized event after smallpox vaccinations with the New York City Board of Health strain of vaccinia virus (Dryvax; Wyeth Laboratories, Marietta, Pennsylvania). In this article, the authors report an attributable incidence of at least 140 clinical cases of myopericarditis per million primary smallpox vaccinations with this strain of vaccinia virus. Fifty-e...

Pericarditis and myocarditis are diseases of a similar etiology clinical image, they often overlap. Depending on the manifestation, there is pericarditis with simultaneous involvement heart muscle (myopericarditis), or pericardial (perimyocarditis). The paper presents case young patient myopericarditis, attention to electrocardiographic image parameters myocardial damage.

Myopericarditis refers to the development of acute pericarditis with myocardial involvement. Viral infections, including Coxsackie B virus, are amongst the most common causes of myopericarditis. The Coxsackie B viruses are known to have a role in the development of a number of clinical diseases including but not limited to cardiac disease, central nervous system infections, ocular infections, p...

BACKGROUND Acute myopericarditis and exertional rhabdomyolysis, two uncommon but well-described diseases with potentially life-threatening effects, are generally considered as independent clinical entities. However, they may in fact be pathophysiologically related under certain circumstances. This is the first ever report of influenza myopericarditis provoked by exertional rhabdomyolysis to the...

Acute chest pain with very elevated troponin level and abnormal EKG in adult population is considered sine qua non to acute coronary syndrome (ACS) unless proved otherwise. Similar presentation in adolescent population is seen less often but raises suspicion for ACS. Most common etiology for chest pain with cardiac enzyme elevation in adolescent population is usually viral myopericarditis. The ...

BACKGROUND Campylobacter spp. are a common cause of mostly self-limiting enterocolitis. Although rare, pericarditis and myopericarditis have been increasingly documented as complications following campylobacteriosis. Such cases have occurred predominantly in younger males, and involved a single causative species, namely Campylobacter jejuni. We report the first case of myopericarditis following...