Cardiac changes in acute viral hepatitis in Varanasi (India): case reports |
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| Authors: | D S Singh P R Gupta S S Gupta P K Bhatia P N Somani I S Gambhir A K Khare |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. |
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| Abstract: | Three cases of acute viral hepatitis are reported with various cardiac changes such as transient left ventricular hypertrophy, myocarditis and progressive cardiomegaly (cardiomyopathy). Extra-hepatic manifestations of acute viral hepatitis are rare but have been well documented. The aims of the present study are to highlight the cardiac involvement in acute viral hepatitis and to report the clinical implications of cardiac changes in acute viral hepatitis. |
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