Ascaris-induced eosinophilic myocarditis presenting as acute ST elevation myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock in a young woman

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2012 Mar;13(3):211-5. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32833db0ca.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antinematodal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Ascariasis / complications
  • Ascariasis / diagnosis
  • Ascariasis / drug therapy
  • Ascariasis / parasitology*
  • Ascaris lumbricoides / isolation & purification*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electrocardiography
  • Eosinophilia / diagnosis
  • Eosinophilia / drug therapy
  • Eosinophilia / parasitology*
  • Female
  • Food Contamination*
  • Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Meat / parasitology*
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
  • Myocarditis / diagnosis
  • Myocarditis / drug therapy
  • Myocarditis / parasitology*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / diagnosis*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Antinematodal Agents
  • Glucocorticoids