Key result
Speckle tracking echocardiography detected myocardial involvement in a patient with acute HIV infection through dynamic alterations of left ventricular deformation during antiviral treatment.
Why the study?
The diagnosis of acute myocarditis is often challenging and mainly performed by CMR, highlighting the need to evaluate speckle tracking echocardiography for detecting myocardial involvement.
Can speckle tracking echocardiography detect myocardial involvement in acute myocarditis due to HIV infection?
Case Report (n=1)
Can speckle tracking echocardiography detect myocardial involvement in acute myocarditis due to HIV infection?
This case report provides the first description of using speckle tracking echocardiography to detect myocardial involvement in a patient with acute HIV infection.
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Strain imaging may detect early dysfunction in HIV-associated myocarditis; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Stöbe et al. (2021) conducted a case report in Acute myocarditis due to HIV infection (n=1). Speckle tracking echocardiography was evaluated on Detection of myocardial involvement by dynamic alterations of left ventricular deformation. Speckle tracking echocardiography detected myocardial involvement in a patient with acute HIV infection through dynamic alterations of left ventricular deformation during antiviral treatment.
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