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ArticleCureus2024

Coxsackievirus-Induced Myocarditis With Acute Onset of Heart Failure With Pleural Effusion.

Jaafar A Hamdan, Shaikh Afaq, Akbar Khan, Ritu Shah, Nikolay Mitzov, Maria Castano

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jaafar A HamdanInternal Medicine, HCA Healthcare/University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine: HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital, Brooksville, USA.
Shaikh AfaqInternal Medicine, HCA Healthcare/University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine: HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital, Brooksville, USA.
Akbar KhanInternal Medicine, HCA Healthcare/University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine: HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital, Brooksville, USA.
Ritu ShahInternal Medicine, HCA Healthcare/University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine: HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital, Brooksville, USA.
Nikolay MitzovInternal Medicine, HCA Healthcare/University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine: HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital, Brooksville, USA.
Maria CastanoGraduate Medical Education, HCA Healthcare/University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine: HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital, Brooksville, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is a case of a 45-year-old Caucasian female with coxsackievirus-induced myocarditis. Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscles, which can be difficult to diagnose at times because its symptoms overlap with other cardiovascular diseases. At times, when the patient presents, the full impact of the etiology would have either improved or resolved. In this case, the patient presented with symptoms closely resembling that of acute coronary syndrome but did not fit the typical age category. After lab and imaging workup, the coxsackievirus panel was positive, complicated with a new diagnosis of systolic heart failure with an ejection fraction of 30%-35% along with pericardial effusion.

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acute heart failurechest painmyocarditispericardial effusionshortness of breath

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PMID38601416
PMCPMC11006226

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