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  • Title: [Giant-cell myocarditis simulating an apical myocardial infarct].
    Author: Fernández MA, Alonso Gómez AM, Arós F, Alfageme M, Torres A, Martín Durán R.
    Journal: Rev Esp Cardiol; 1999 Dec; 52(12):1162-4. PubMed ID: 10659666.
    Abstract:
    We present a case of a 57-year-old man with a giant-cell myocarditis that made its debut as a sustained ventricular polymorphic tachycardia interpreted in the context of old apical myocardium infarct, with a posterior evolution towards refractory heart failure, which finally needed urgent cardiac transplantation. We explain the characteristics of this unusual myocarditis, which has a poor prognosis, and also the results of the laboratory techniques that led to an equivocal diagnosis in this patient.
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