Torsade de pointes tachycardia as a rare manifestation of acute enteroviral myocarditis.
A patient with cardiac arrest and documented torsade de pointes ventricular tachycardia is presented in whom acute coxsackievirus B2 myocarditis was identified as the most likely underlying cardiac condition. This case shows that torsade de pointes may occur as a rare manifestation of viral myocarditis. Serial serological tests and endomyocardial biopsies may be helpful in establishing a diagnosis in such patients.
Badorff
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Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine IV, University of Frankfurt, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt/Main, Germany. badorff@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Zeiher
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Hohnloser
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology*