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A 17-year-old boy with chest pain and transient ventricular wall thickening

Part of: Echocardiography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2022

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Habib A. Dakik*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
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Author for correspondence: H. A. Dakik, MD, FACC, Professor of Medicine, Chief of Cardiology, American University of Beirut, P.O.Box 11-0236 / A38, Beirut, Lebanon. Tel: +9613297084. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

We describe the case of a 17-year-old boy who developed acute myopericarditis associated with transient ventricular wall thickening. This is a unique teaching case illustrating that acute myocarditis can be associated with significant oedema, secondary to inflammation, causing marked wall thickening that is apparent on echocardiography. This oedema resolves completely with anti-inflammatory drug treatment.

Keywords

Myocarditismyocardial oedema
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 32 , Issue 11 , November 2022 , pp. 1862 - 1863
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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