CASE REPORT
Myopericarditis Caused by H1N1 Virus Infection
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Private Sincan Koru Hospital, Cardiology Department, Ankara, Turkey
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Rize University,
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Rize, Turkey
Publication date: 2013-01-09
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Aytun Canga
Özel Sincan Koru Hastanesi, Kardiyoloji Bölümü, Ankara, Turkiye
Eur J Gen Med 2013;10(Supplement 1):81-82
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ABSTRACT
A 25-year-old male patient, applied to emergency department with complaints of fever lasting for 3 days, non-productive cough
and tachycardia. Troponin I level was 18 ng/ml. The patient had no previously known disease and was hospitalized in coronary
intensive care unit. We presented a case of acute myopericarditis occurred after an acute influenza infection, caused by H1N1
virus that recently led to pandemics worldwide.