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Articles

Fulminant myocarditis with dramatic response to corticoids

, MD, , MD, PhD & , MD, PhD
Pages 97-99 | Received 08 Aug 2009, Accepted 04 Nov 2009, Published online: 23 May 2017
 

Abstract

A 47-year-old healthy man developed acute fulminant coxsackie B1 myocarditis with cardiogenic shock and extreme elevation of NT-pro-BNP (82585 pg/ml). He had a dramatic and rapid improvement within the following days after administration of corticoids on top of dobutamine and classic treatment.

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