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Case Reports
. 2018 Jan 23:2018:bcr2017223973.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-223973.

Fulminant myocarditis

Takatsugu Segawa  1 , Yoh Arita  1 , Tomomi Akari  2 , Shinji Hasegawa  1
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Case Reports

Fulminant myocarditis

Takatsugu Segawa et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: heart failure; intensive care.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
ECG findings on admission.
Figure 2
Figure 2
ECG showing ventricular standstill.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Endomyocardial biopsy from left ventricle revealed massive infiltration of lymphocytes.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Postmortem examination confirmed the final diagnosis of lymphocytic fulminant myocarditis, with lymphocytic infiltration and myocardial necrosis but no giant cell or eosinophilic infiltrates in the explanted heart.
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