title: The scale of myocardial involvement in varicella myocarditis.
abstract: Two patients with varicella myocarditis are described. An arrhythmia associated with complete recovery occurred in the first patient whereas intractable congestive heart failure complicated by hemiplegia resulted in a fatal outcome in the other case. We stress the extent of myocardial involvement produced by the herpes zoster virus in the setting of varicella.
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute, Carmel Hospital, Haifa.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lorber
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zonis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Maisuls
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dembo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palant
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Iancu
mesh_terms: D002302:Cardiac Output; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000503:physiopathology