Negrín VT, Santos PA, Lage LL, Valero HA

Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 49-53
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ABSTRACT

Chickenspox is the common presentation of the infection with varicella zoster virus which generally affects children and usually has a benign course. In developed countries less than 5 % of the cases occur in adults with higher index of complications and elevated mortality. The heart affectation is unusual and practically exclusive in children, mainly having immunological deficiency. A clinical case was studied of a 49 year-old patient who presented episode of precordial chest pain suggestive of myocardial ischemia, in the context of an infection with varicella zoster virus. The patient mentioned above was prescribed thrombolytic and pharmacological therapy of acute myocardial infarction in the Emergency Medicine Department. The angiographic study showed no lesions. In the evolution of the echocardiography, recovery of the cardiovascular functional parameters was evidenced, being suggested the definitive diagnosis of myocarditis by varicella zoster virus.

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