Complete atrioventricular block associated with toxoplasma myocarditis.
Myocarditis has been described during and after a wide variety of infectious agents: viral, rickettsial, bacterial, protozoal, and metazoal diseases may cause cardiac inflammation. We report a case of toxoplasma myocarditis in a young healthy man.
Mariani
Matteo
M
Department of Cardiovascular Disease, Unit of Cardiology, Ospedale Civile di LegnanoVia Candiani, 2Legnano, Milan, Italy.
Pagani
Massimo
M
Inserra
Corinna
C
De Servi
Stefano
S
D000328:Adult; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis