A Case of Rapidly Progressing Granulomatous Myocarditis: What Is the Diagnosis?

Circ Heart Fail. 2021 Mar;14(3):e007800. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.120.007800. Epub 2021 Mar 8.
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Keywords: biopsy; giant cells; heart failure; hypertension; inflammation; myocarditis; sarcoidosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Atrioventricular Block / diagnosis*
  • Atrioventricular Block / etiology
  • Atrioventricular Block / physiopathology
  • Biopsy
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential*
  • Disease Progression
  • Echocardiography
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Giant Cells / pathology*
  • Granuloma / pathology*
  • Heart Block / diagnosis
  • Heart Block / etiology
  • Heart Block / physiopathology
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology
  • Heart Failure / surgery
  • Heart Transplantation
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocarditis / complications
  • Myocarditis / diagnosis*
  • Myocarditis / pathology
  • Myocarditis / physiopathology
  • Myocardium / pathology
  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / blood
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnosis*
  • Stroke Volume
  • Troponin I / blood

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Troponin I
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain