Fulminant Eosinophilic Myocarditis and VT Storm.

JACC Case Rep

Section of Cardiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Published: March 2021

Eosinophilic myocarditis is a rare and frequently fatal disease that is often undiagnosed until autopsy. We report a case of eosinophilic myocarditis with an unusual initial presentation of palpitations that subsequently evolved into ventricular tachycardia storm and death within 4 days. ().

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