Key result
A 22-year-old male with acute viral myocarditis mimicking ST-elevation myocardial infarction showed clinical and electrocardiographic improvement and was discharged after 2 weeks of antiviral and myocardial protection therapy.
Population
1 young man aged 22 with acute retrosternal pain, elevated cardiac markers, and electrocardiographic ST-T…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
1 month post-discharge
Authors
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Myocarditis should be considered in young adults with AMI-like symptoms; Level 5 case leaves open need for prospective validation.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Acute viral myocarditis can mimic ST-elevation myocardial infarction, requiring careful synthetic evaluation of clinical presentation, ECG, cardiac markers, and coronary angiography for accurate diagnosis.
Zhang et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Acute myocarditis (n=1). Acyclovir and trimetazidine was evaluated on Clinical improvement and hospital discharge. A 22-year-old male with acute viral myocarditis mimicking ST-elevation myocardial infarction showed clinical and electrocardiographic improvement and was discharged after 2 weeks of antiviral and myocardial protection therapy.
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