title: Lethal myocarditis with atrioventricular block and ventricular tachycardia--a case report.
abstract: This case report details the acute clinical course and the follow-up of a 42-year-old woman with active recurring myocarditis, the main electrical features of which were atrioventricular block and ventricular tachycardia. It also focuses on immunohistological and serological parameters of autoreactivity that might explain the chronic clinical course over a period of 10 years.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital of Internal Medicine, Marburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maisch
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nunoda
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Hermelink
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kochsiek
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015551:Autoimmunity; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology