Complete heart block from mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
Complete heart block (CHB) in infants and children is usually congenital. Nonsurgical acquired CHB is rare. Occasionally, transient acquired CHB is seen in association with viral myocarditis. We describe here an unusual case of transient CHB in a 12-year-old boy with endomyocardial biopsy-proven myocarditis and evidence of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection.
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Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Chicago, Wyler Children's Hospital, Illinois 60637.
Ruschhaupt
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D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006327:Heart Block / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*