Myocarditis Attributable to Monkeypox Virus Infection in 2 Patients, United States, 2022
Guillermo Rodriguez-Nava
, Peter Kadlecik, Thomas D. Filardo, David L. Ain, Joseph D. Cooper, David W. McCormick, Bryant J. Webber, Kevin O’Laughlin, Brett W. Petersen, Supriya Narasimhan, and Harleen K. Sahni
Author affiliations: Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA (G. Rodriguez-Nava); Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Rockville, Maryland, USA (P. Kadlecik); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (T.D. Filardo, D.W. McCormick, B.J. Webber, K. O’Laughlin, B.W. Petersen); Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Washington DC, USA (D.L. Ain); Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, California, USA (J.D. Cooper, S. Narasimhan, H.K. Sahni)
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Figure 2. An electrocardiogram of a healthy 37-year-old man (patient 2) with monkeypox, shortness of breath, and decreased exercise tolerance shows normal sinus rhythm with T wave inversions in the inferior and anterolateral leads.
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