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To document a case of acute infectious myocarditis presenting with an isolated prominent third heart sound in the absence of cardiac symptoms during Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia.

October 1, 1990European Heart Journal

A loud third heart sound and asymptomatic myocarditis during Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

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JKJouko KarjalainenBruker (United States)

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Case report demonstrates severe asymptomatic acute myocarditis with a loud third heart sound during pneumonia, highlighting occult cardiac injury in Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

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To document a case of acute infectious myocarditis presenting with an isolated prominent third heart sound in the absence of cardiac symptoms during Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia.
Clinical evaluation and diagnostic workup of a 20-year-old male with confirmed Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia presenting with fever and cough (N=1).
Assessment of cardiac involvement using auscultation, serial electrocardiography, serum myocardial enzyme measurements, and transthoracic echocardiography.
Physical examination detected an exceptionally loud third heart sound despite the complete absence of subjective cardiac complaints.
Laboratory and imaging investigations revealed marked myocardial enzyme elevation, serial ST-T changes, transiently increased interventricular septal thickness, and inferior wall hypokinesis.
The patient experienced rapid clinical recovery and resolution of acute cardiac abnormalities.

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Jouko Karjalainen (1990) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ec5d2e26ba2240a9a180c https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a059620

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Case report demonstrates severe asymptomatic acute myocarditis with a loud third heart sound during pneumonia, highlighting occult cardiac injury in Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

A loud third heart sound and asymptomatic myocarditis during Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

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A loud third heart sound and asymptomatic myocarditis during Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

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