Diphtheria echocardiography or ultrasound

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Dima Nimri, M.D. [2]

Overview

Echocardiography may be performed to document ejection fraction (EF) and any signs of ventricular systolic dysfunction if diphtheria infection has been complicated by systemic involvement of the myocardium.^[1]

Echocardiography

Echocardiography may be done to document ejection fraction (EF) and any signs of ventricular systolic dysfunction if diphtheria infection has been complicated by systemic involvement of the myocardium.^[1] Ventricular systolic dysfunction has been documented in cases of severe diphtheric myocarditis.^[2]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Lakkireddy DR, Kondur AK, Chediak EJ, Nair CK, Khan IA (2005). “Cardiac troponin I release in non-ischemic reversible myocardial injury from acute diphtheric myocarditis”. Int. J. Cardiol. 98 (2): 351–4. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.10.062. PMID 15686793.
↑ Ordian AM, Iushchuk ND, Karetkina GN, Golikov AP, Gazarian GA (2000). “[Clinical and prognostic significance of disturbed global and regional contractility of left ventricle in diphtheria myocarditis]”. Klin Med (Mosk) (in Russian). 78 (2): 20–3. PMID 10723145.

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