Varicella zoster infection can cause fulminant myocarditis that rapidly progresses to dilated cardiomyopathy, necessitating prompt evaluation and potentially cardiac transplantation.
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May support transplant consideration in rare fulminant varicella myocarditis; leaves open need for larger studies before practice change.
Tsintsof et al. (1993) studied this question.
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