Myocarditis differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Myocarditis presents with chest pain and ST segment elevation and must be distinguished from ST elevation myocardial infarction and pericarditis.