Sustained ventricular tachycardia associated with influenza syndrome in a young girl--a case report.
Ventricular arrhythmias in children with no demonstrable heart disease are rare. In a thirteen-year-old girl, a typical influenza syndrome was complicated by sustained ventricular tachycardia. Exercise tests, echocardiography, electrophysiological studies, and endomyocardial biopsy were negative. Viremia, fever, or medications may be responsible for this unusual complication.
D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000473:pathology; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis