Key result
Anti-tuberculosis drugs resolve ventricular arrhythmias and inflammation in a case of tuberculous myocarditis.
Why the study?
Myocarditis is an infrequent extrapulmonary manifestation of tuberculosis that confers an unfavourable prognosis.
Population
One 36-year-old man presenting with palpitations and dyspnoea
Design
Case report
Follow-up
7 months
Authors
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May support anti-tuberculosis therapy for tuberculous myocarditis with ventricular arrhythmias; leaves open confirmation in prospective studies.
Case Report (n=1)
Tuberculous myocarditis can present with ventricular arrhythmias and may require extra-cardiac findings for definitive diagnosis when endomyocardial biopsy yield is low.
Clivillé et al. (2023) conducted a case report in Tuberculous myocarditis (n=1). Anti-tuberculosis drugs was evaluated. Treatment with anti-tuberculosis drugs in a 36-year-old man with tuberculous myocarditis resolved ventricular arrhythmias and radiological signs of inflammation at 7 months of follow-up.
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