Viral Myocarditis Mimicking ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Thrombocytopenia and Vasculitic Peripheral Neuropathy

• Main Authors: Blerina Asllanaj MD (Author), Eric Chang DO (Author), Anthony Dota MD (Author), Yi McWhorter DO (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Symptomatic myocarditis is classically featured by a flu-like prodrome, dyspnea on exertion, palpitations, substernal chest pain, and abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG). The clinical diagnosis has often been challenging due to its similarities to acute coronary syndrome. Our case involved a patient wh...