Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1081732 Journal of Adolescent Health 2006 5 Pages PDF
Abstract
A 15-year-old girl presented with dilated cardiomyopathy, positive cardiac markers, and electrocardiogram changes suggestive of acute coronary syndrome. Coronary angiography showed giant dilated coronary arteries. Pathological evidence for cardiomyopathy with acute myocardial infarction was present in the explanted heart. Further investigation suggested evidence for a systemic vasculitis: polyangiitis overlap syndrome.
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Suspected vasculitis in an adolescent female with cardiomyopathy, myocardial infarction, and heart failure requiring heart transplantation
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