Acute Infection with Hepatitis C Virus Can Cause Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Hien H Nguyen; Jay V Solnick

Acute Infection with Hepatitis C Virus Can Cause Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Infectious Diseases

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Abstract

We describe a case of acute hepatitis C virus infection presenting with dilated cardiomyopathy. Because recent evidence suggests that treatment during the acute phase of the illness may have significantly better prognosis, patients who present with dilated cardiomyopathy should be evaluated for hepatitis C virus infection.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	558-560
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
Volume	11
Issue number	9
State	Published - Dec 2002

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Microbiology (medical)

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