Dengue fever complicated with ST elevation myocardial infarction with atypical features: A case report
Ashutosh Kashyap,
Laxmi Raj Bhatta,
Bhuwan Bhatta
et al.
Abstract:Dengue fever is an arboviral infection whose presentation ranges from a mild febrile illness to a multisystem complicated syndrome. We report a case of 58-year-old female presenting with fever, myalgia, arthralgia, and vomiting who was found to be infected with dengue and had electrocardiography changes revealing ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, a rare manifestation in dengue. Dengue fever can affect the cardiovascular system leading to conduction abnormalities, hypotension, arrhythmias, myocarditis… Show more
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