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[Meningococcemia complicated by myocarditis]
F M Albanesi Filho1, R M Rocha, R A Barros
1Serviço de Cardiologia, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro.
Arquivos Brasileiros De Cardiologia
|July 11, 1998
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.