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"sarcoidotic myocarditis: acute myocarditis in association with sarcoidosis – see: cardiac sarcoidosis"

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Acronyms

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"Lab values are typically non-specific, with increased ESR and leucocytosis. Creatine kinase, CK-MB, and troponins may be elevated. A viral titre may be positive."

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"concave, diffuse ST-segment elevation"

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"prolongation of the QRS complex duration (>0.12 seconds)"

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"cine SSFP"

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Emphasis

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"bacterial, e.g. Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Borrelia burgdorferi"

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"fungal, e.g. Candida spp."

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"parasites, e.g. Trypanosoma cruzi"

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"Inflammation of the heart was first described by the French physician Jean Baptiste Senac (1693-1770) in his work ‘Traité de la structure du cœur, de son action et de ses maladies’ ¹⁷. The term ‘myocarditis’ however was introduced later by the German physician and medical writer Joseph Sobernheim in 1837 ^18,19."

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List Caps

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"Covid-19 vaccines ⁶"

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Headings Case

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"Lake Louise Criteria 2018"

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Headings Valid

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Expected headings

H1 Terminology
H1 Usage
H1 Epidemiology
H2 Risk factors
H2 Associations
H1 Clinical presentation
H2 Complications
H1 Diagnosis
H2 Diagnostic criteria
H2 Diagnostic clues
H1 Pathology
H2 Aetiology
H2 Location
H2 Classification
H2 Macroscopic appearance
H2 Microscopic appearance
H2 Immunophenotype
H2 Markers
H2 Genetics
H1 Radiographic features
H2 Plain radiograph
H2 Mammography
H2 Antenatal ultrasound
H2 Transoesophageal echocardiography
H2 Ultrasound
H2 CT
H3 Dual-energy CT
H2 Angiography (DSA)
H2 MRI
H2 CT/MRI
H2 Nuclear medicine
H3 PET-CT
H3 PET-MRI
H1 Radiology report
H1 Treatment and prognosis
H2 Complications
H1 History and etymology
H1 Differential diagnosis
H2 Clinical differential diagnosis
H1 Practical points
H1 See also

"ECG"

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"Infectious aetiologies"

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"Non-infectious aetiologies"

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"Echocardiography"

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"Lake Louise Criteria 2018"

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Oxford Comma

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"Although non-specific, cardiac creatine kinase (CK) and troponins I, T and C (TnI, TnT and TnC) are elevated."

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"Although non-specific, cardiac creatine kinase (CK) and troponins I, T and C (TnI, TnT and TnC) are elevated."

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Biographical Lifespan

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"History and etymology"

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