title: Successful treatment of complete left bundle branch block complicating acute viral myocarditis employing Chinese herbs.
abstract: A case of complete left bundle branch block complicating acute viral myocarditis successfully treated by Chinese herbal medicine is reported. Complete left bundle branch block may be less commonly encountered in myocarditis. Treatment by Chinese herbal medicine for 49 days was successful in the management of this conduction disturbance. Follow-up studies, up to 3 months, produced normal electrocardiogram with good health.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology