• J Adolesc Health · Jan 2006

    Case Reports

    Suspected vasculitis in an adolescent female with cardiomyopathy, myocardial infarction, and heart failure requiring heart transplantation.

    • Sepideh Nabatian, Patrick Quinn, Ira DuBrow, Michael J Rosenberg, and Jeffrey Lakier.
    • Division of Cardiology, Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois 60068, USA. snabatian@yahoo.com
    • J Adolesc Health. 2006 Jan 1;38(1):60-4.

    AbstractA 15-year-old girl presented with dilated cardiomyopathy, positive cardiac markers, and electrocardiogram changes suggestive of acute coronary syndrome. Coronary angiography showed giant dilated coronary arteries. Pathological evidence for cardiomyopathy with acute myocardial infarction was present in the explanted heart. Further investigation suggested evidence for a systemic vasculitis: polyangiitis overlap syndrome.

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