Tracking isolated myocarditis in a young adult with acute rheumatic fever on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Nov 1:222:921-923. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.08.087. Epub 2016 Aug 6.

Authors

Keishi Moriwaki¹, Ryuji Okamoto², Haruno Sakuma¹, Yasuo Suzuki¹, Masaki Tanabe¹, Norikazu Yamada¹, Masaaki Ito¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.
² Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan. Electronic address: ryuji@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp.

PMID: 27526359
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.08.087

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute rheumatic fever; Aspirin; Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Myocarditis; Polyarthritis; Streptococcus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Disease Progression
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / methods*
Male
Myocarditis / diagnosis*
Myocarditis / etiology
Rheumatic Fever / complications*