PMID: 9659719Jul 11, 1998Paper

Meningococcemia complicated by myocarditis

Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia
F M Albanesi FilhoR A Barros

Abstract

We report a case of a 26-year old man with meningococcemia complicated with myocarditis (ventricular dysfunction and myocardial ischemia), that required treatment for heart failure. Regression of myocardial dysfunction was observed six months after the infection.

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