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Granulomatous tubercular myocarditis: a rare cause of heart failure in the young

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2013

Mohit D. Gupta ,
Neeraj Yadav  and
Girish M. Palleda
Mohit D. Gupta*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
Neeraj Yadav
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
Girish M. Palleda
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India
*
Correspondence to: Dr Mohit D. Gupta, Room 125, Academic Block, First Floor, Department of Cardiology, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi 110002, India. Tel: +91 11 981 012 1311; Fax: +91 11 232 35453; E-mail: drmohitgupta@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Granulomatous myocarditis is a rare disease of the heart. The present case highlights a potentially life-threatening and rare tubercular involvement of the myocardium in a young woman in the form of granulomas and abscess.

Keywords

Myocarditisgranulomatubercularheart failure
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 740 - 741
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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1. Robert, S. Myocardial tuberculosis with paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia. Br Heart J 1947; 9: 213–219.Google Scholar

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