Prevalence of myocarditis in pediatric intensive care unit cases presenting with other system involvement

OBJECTIVE: To assess children with myocarditis, the frequency of various presenting symptoms, and the accuracy of different investigations in the diagnosis. METHODS: This was an observational study of 63 patients admitted to PICU with non-cardiac diagnosis. Cardiac enzymes, chest-X ray, echocardiogr...

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Main Authors: Hanaa Ibrahim Rady, Hanan Zekri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-02-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0021-75572015000100093&lng=en&tlng=en