Coxsackie virus infection in acute myocardial infarction

Lancet. 1977 Apr 23;1(8017):883-4. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(77)91203-x.

Abstract

Of 38 patients with a clinical diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction 10 had serologial evidence of recent Coxsackie B virus infection.

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Viral / isolation & purification
  • Coxsackievirus Infections / complications*
  • Coxsackievirus Infections / microbiology
  • Enterovirus / immunology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunologic Techniques
  • Influenza, Human / microbiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
  • Orthomyxoviridae / immunology
  • Respiratory Syncytial Viruses / immunology
  • Respirovirus Infections / microbiology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral