Torsade de pointes due to coxsackie B3 myocarditis.
Viral myocarditis may present with a variety of electrocardiologic aberrations. Torsade de pointes, a potentially malignant ventricular arrhythmia associated with prolongation of the QT interval has not been described in patients with acute viral myocarditis. This report details this finding in a patient with coxsackie B3 myocarditis in whom symptomatic torsade de pointes was documented.
D000328:Adult; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology