Myocarditis Leading to Severe Dilated Cardiomyopathy in a Pa

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Myocarditis Leading to Severe Dilated Cardiomyopathy in a Patient with Dengue Fever

May 19, 2017444 views

Majority of dengue fever cases follow a benign self-limiting course but recently rare presentations and complications are increasingly seen due to rising burden of disease. Cardiac involvement in dengue fever with fatal outcome is a very rare complication. We report a case of 44-year-old patient who presented with symptoms of severe acute congestive heart secondary to myocarditis induced cardiomyopathy caused by dengue virus infection.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4352732/

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