HHV-6 Myocarditis Progressing to Ventricular Standstill Requiring Cardiac Transplant

Stephanie Golob; Haider Nazeer; Bernard Kadosh; Randal Goldberg; Navneet Narula; Nader Moazami; Shaline Rao; Alex Reyentovich

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101896

HHV-6 Myocarditis Progressing to Ventricular Standstill Requiring Cardiac Transplant

JACC Case Rep. 2023 May 29:17:101896. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101896. eCollection 2023 Jul 5.

Authors

Stephanie Golob¹, Haider Nazeer¹, Bernard Kadosh¹, Randal Goldberg¹, Navneet Narula², Nader Moazami³, Shaline Rao¹, Alex Reyentovich¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
² Department of Pathology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
³ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.

Abstract

Human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) is an increasingly recognized cause of myocarditis. We present the case of a 46-year-old woman who presented with fulminant HHV-6 myocarditis requiring heart transplantation. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

Keywords: acute heart failure; cardiac transplant; cardiomyopathy.

Publication types

Case Reports