Fulminant Eosinophilic Myocarditis and VT Storm

Kyle R. Hoppens, MD; Hamid R. Alai, MD; Jelena Surla, MD; Hina O. Khokhar, MD; Robert C. Hendel, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Mar 2021)

Fulminant Eosinophilic Myocarditis and VT Storm

Kyle R. Hoppens, MD,
Hamid R. Alai, MD,
Jelena Surla, MD,
Hina O. Khokhar, MD,
Robert C. Hendel, MD

Affiliations

Kyle R. Hoppens, MD: Department of Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Hamid R. Alai, MD: Section of Cardiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Jelena Surla, MD: Department of Internal Medicine, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Hina O. Khokhar, MD: Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Robert C. Hendel, MD: Section of Cardiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr. Robert C. Hendel, Tulane University, Section of Cardiology, 1430 Tulane Avenue, Suite 7550, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112,USA.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 3
pp. 474 – 478

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Eosinophilic myocarditis is a rare and frequently fatal disease that is often undiagnosed until autopsy. We report a case of eosinophilic myocarditis with an unusual initial presentation of palpitations that subsequently evolved into ventricular tachycardia storm and death within 4 days. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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