Resumo

CORDOVA ALVELAIS, Luis  e  CORDOVA LOPEZ, Julio. Dilated myocardiopathy complicated with an apical clot secondary to a myocarditis: Report of a case. Arch. Cardiol. Méx. [online]. 2009, vol.79, n.1, pp.51-53. ISSN 1665-1731.

Acute myocarditis is a syndrome, until the patient is in heart failure. We report a case illustrating severe systolic dysfunction most probably due to an episode of postviral myocarditis, and the importance of echocardiogram in evaluating possible complications.

Palavras-chave : Dilated myocardiopathy; Viral myocarditis; Echocardiography; Apical clot.