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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2025

When viral myocarditis meets thrombosis tendency: deep analysis of a complex case report.

Qian Ding, Yun Zhang, Dongbei Li, Wenhua Liu, Jing Feng, Shuang Li, Wei Chen, Mu Guo

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Qian Ding *Department of Chronic Disease Management, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Yun Zhang *Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Dongbei LiDepartment of Cardiology, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Wenhua LiuDepartment of Chronic Disease Management, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Jing FengDepartment of Chronic Disease Management, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Shuang LiDepartment of Cardiology, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Wei ChenDepartment of Cardiology, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Mu GuoDepartment of Cardiology, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.

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Abstract

This case report presents a 43-year-old male patient with severe symptoms who was admitted due to dyspnea following physical activity, cough accompanied by fever, lower limb edema, and hemoptysis. The patient had a 20-year history of hypertension. Examinations revealed bilateral lower pulmonary artery thrombosis, a left ventricular thrombus, pulmonary infarction, and reduced left ventricular systolic function, with a lowest left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 26.5%. Genetic testing indicated the presence of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) (C677T) CT type and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) (4G/5G) 4G/5G type, while pleural fluid sequencing confirmed Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)/cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, leading to a diagnosis of viral myocarditis. Treatment included low molecular weight heparin for anticoagulation, glucocorticoids, and measures to improve cardiac function. During treatment, the patient developed a cerebral infarction. Anticoagulation was maintained post-evaluation due to the

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case reportEBV/CMV infectionhereditary thrombophiliamultiorgan embolismviral myocarditis

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