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Stamford Publishing Pte Ltd, Singapore Medical Journal, 01(56), p. e1-e3, 2015

DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2015015

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Electrocardiographic changes in acute perimyocarditis

Journal article published in 2015 by Phong Teck Lee, Chai Keat See, Paul Toon Lim Chiam ORCID, Soo Teik Lim
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Abstract

Pericarditis and myocarditis are characterised by electrocardiographic changes and elevated cardiac enzymes, respectively, and patients with perimyocarditis often complain of chest discomfort. These findings are nonspecific and often lead to diagnostic difficulties, as ST-elevation myocardial infarction commonly presents in a similar fashion. Clinical differentiation between perimyocarditis and myocardial infarction are especially important because adverse side effects can occur if reperfusion therapy is administered for a patient with acute pericarditis or if a diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction is missed. We herein describe a case of perimyocarditis with ST elevation and raised cardiac markers, which led to two emergency coronary angiographies that were subsequently found to be normal. We include the three serial electrocardiographies (ECGs) performed to show the characteristic features of perimyocarditis and further discuss the importance of identifying typical and atypical ECG features of pericarditis.