Population
17-day-old male infant with acute myocarditis, complete heart block, and cardiogenic shock (n=1)
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Transient myocardial thickening mimicking HCM warrants inclusion in the infant myocarditis differential; remains hypothesis-generating pending larger studies.
Acute myocarditis in infants can present with transient marked myocardial thickening mimicking hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which may resolve with clinical improvement.
Liao et al. (1984) studied this question.
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