Table 1.

Differential diagnosis in acute myopericarditis

	Acute myopericarditis
ECG	ST concave elevation, PR depression except for aVR
History	Upper respiratory tract infection
Type of pain	Mixed
Cardiac MRI (T2)	Myocyte damage, edema, inflammation
Endo-myocardial biopsy (acute phase)	Interstitial edema, myocyte damage, lymphocytic infiltration
Coronary angiography	Normal
Echocardiography	Transient left ventricular wall thickening, pericardial effusion, tissue Doppler abnormality, detection of regional contractile and perfusion abnormalities in strain imaging/mapping and myocardial contrast echocardiography, myocardial heterogeneity
Therapy	Anti-inflammatory treatment