Population
672,672 Finnish men at a mean age of 20 years conscripted from 1977-1996.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
20 years
Authors
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Include myocarditis in differentials for young men with MI-like presentations; observational data extends phenotype descriptions but leaves causal and practice implications open.
In young men, acute myocarditis most commonly presents mimicking myocardial infarction rather than dilated cardiomyopathy.
Karjalainen et al. (1999) studied this question.
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