| Autor: |
Brian Nyasani Michira, Faraj Omar Alkizim, Duncan Mwangangi Matheka |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />French |
| Rok vydání: |
2015 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
The Pan African Medical Journal, Vol 21, Iss 118 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1937-8688 |
| DOI: |
10.11604/pamj.2015.21.118.4282 |
| Popis: |
Tuberculosis is a rare cause of myocarditis. It is however associated with a high mortality when it occurs and is often diagnosed at post-mortem. Tuberculous myocarditis prevalence in males is twice that in females. Most of the reported cases of tuberculous myocarditis are predominantly in immunocompetent patients. Out of the reported fatalities (sudden cardiac deaths), eighty one percent (81%) occur in the ''young'' patients (below 45years). Antituberculosis drug therapy does not appear to offer mortality benefit against sudden cardiac deaths. |
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