title: Treatment of severe diphtheritic myocarditis by temporary insertion of a cardiac pacemaker.
abstract: Vietnamese children and adolescents with diphtheritic myocarditis and severe conduction abnormalities were treated prospectively with temporary insertion of a cardiac pacemaker. Five of 32 patients died before the procedure could be performed; the remaining 27 patients underwent successful pacemaker insertion. In children and adolescents with diphtheritic myocarditis and severe conduction defects, temporary insertion of a cardiac pacemaker may improve the outcome.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Tropical Diseases, Cho Quan Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
authors.forename: Nguyen Minh
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Dung
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kneen
authors.forename: Nguyen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kiem
authors.forename: Delia B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Bethell
authors.forename: Nguyen Hoan
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Phu
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Solomon
authors.forename: Tran Thi Hong
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Chau
authors.forename: Nguyen Thi Hoang
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Mai
authors.forename: Nicholas P J
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014744:Vietnam