Acute Myocarditis Associated with Legionella Infection: Usefulness of Layer-specific Two-dimensional Longitudinal Speckle-tracking Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Pneumonia is the most commonly described manifestation of Legionella pneumophila infection (legionellosis), and extrapulmonary manifestations are uncommon. There are a few descriptions of acute myocarditis associated with legionellosis. We present a case of acute myocarditis in a patient admitted for legionellosis with multisystemic involvement (lung, heart, and kidney). Left ventricular (LV) dysfunction was documented by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography; layer-specific strain analyses were performed, which allowed to differentiate subendocardial or subepicardial contractile impairment. Layer-specific strain analyses by echocardiography demonstrated impairment of subepicardial deformation in the inferolateral wall, which mirrored

SUBMITTER: Spighi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8388320 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature