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Chest discomfort in a patient with dengue - is it an acute myocardial infarction?

Koh KC 1 , Hong HC 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 FRCP (Lond), MMed, MBBS BSc (Hons), Department of Medicine International Medical University Malaysia
  • 2 MRCP, MBBS, Department of Medicine Hospital Tuanku Ja'afar Seremban Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Malays Fam Physician, 2018;13(2):29-31.
PMID: 30302181

Abstract

Cardiovascular symptoms presenting in a patient with dengue fever may post a diagnostic dilemma. We describe a case of dengue myocarditis mimicking an acute myocardial infarction in a 56-year-old woman.

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