Acute cytomegalovirus infection triggering fatal giant cell myocarditis

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Jul 1:214:204-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.03.202. Epub 2016 Mar 31.

Authors

Aggeliki Gkouziouta¹, Dimitrios Miliopoulos², George Karavolias², George Lazaros³, Loukas Kaklamanis⁴, Glafkos Kelepeshis⁵, John Barbetseas⁵, Stamatis Adamopoulos²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
³ First Cardiology Department, University of Athens, Hippokration Hospital, Greece.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Onassis Cardiac Center, Athens, Greece.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 27070993
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.03.202

No abstract available

Keywords: Cytomegalovirus; Giant cell myocarditis; Ventricular assist device.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adult
Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications*
Cytomegalovirus Infections / diagnosis*
Cytomegalovirus* / isolation & purification
Fatal Outcome
Female
Giant Cells / pathology*
Humans
Myocarditis / diagnosis*
Myocarditis / etiology*