Heart Muscle Inflammation (Myocarditis): Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Respiratory System (J00-J99)

  • Pneumonia (pneumonia)

Blood, blood-forming organs – immune system (D50-D90).

Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases (E00-E90).

Cardiovascular system (I00-I99)

  • Cardiac arrhythmias, unspecified
  • Cardiomyopathy – group of cardiomyopathies leading to reduced cardiac function.
  • Coronary artery disease (CAD) – coronary artery disease.
  • Mitral valve prolapse – prolapse/protrusion of portions of the mitral valve (created with two leaflets like a mitre = bishop’s mitre) during systole (contraction of the heart) into the left atrium
  • Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
  • Stress cardiomyopathy (synonyms: Broken heart syndrome), Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy (Takotsubo cardiomyopathy), Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC), Tako-Tsubo syndrome (Takotsubo syndrome, TTS), transient left ventricular apical ballooning) – primary cardiomyopathy (myocardial disease) characterized by short-term impairment of myocardial (heart muscle) function in the presence of overall unremarkable coronary arteries; clinical symptoms: Symptoms of acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) with acute chest pain (chest pain), typical ECG changes, and increase in myocardial markers in the blood; in approx. 1-2% of patients with a suspected diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome are found to have TTC on cardiac catheterization instead of a presumed diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD); nearly 90% of patients affected by TTC are postmenopausal women; Increased mortality (death rate) in younger patients, especially men, largely due to increased rates of cerebral hemorrhage (brain bleeding) and epileptic seizures; possible triggers include stress, anxiety, heavy physical work, asthma attack, or gastroscopy (gastroscopy); risk factors for sudden cardiac death in TTC include: Male gender, younger age, prolonged QTc interval, apical TTS type, and acute neurological disorders; long-term incidence for apoplexy (stroke) after five years was significantly higher in patients with Takotsubo syndrome, 6.5%, than in patients with myocardial infarction (heart attack), 3.2

Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99).

  • Muscle tension in the thoracic region (chest).

Environmental stress – intoxications (poisoning).

  • Intoxication (poisoning), unspecified
  • Synthetic cannabinoids such as AB-CHMINACA.