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Pandemic 2009 (H1N1) influenza A virus infection was identified as the cause of fulminant myopericarditis presenting with acute heart failure and shock in a previously healthy young woman.
Highlights that pandemic 2009 (H1N1) influenza A virus can cause fulminant myopericarditis presenting with acute heart failure and shock in previously healthy immunocompetent adults.
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Clinicians should consider H1N1 myopericarditis in acute heart failure during outbreaks; this case leaves open incidence and management questions.
Acute myopericarditis is a well-recognized but rare complication of numerous viral infections. Here we report a case of fulminant myopericarditis presenting with acute heart failure and a state of shock in a previously healthy young woman. H1N1 influenza A virus sequences were identified in throat and pericardial fluid, suggesting a viral source of the infection.
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Davoudi et al. (2011) studied this question. Pandemic 2009 (H1N1) influenza A virus infection was identified as the cause of fulminant myopericarditis presenting with acute heart failure and shock in a previously healthy young woman.
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