title: The prolongation of the QT interval in the acute rheumatic carditis: an enigma.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Instituto Materno-Infantil Professor Fernando Figueira, Recife, PE, Brazil. lurildocleano@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Lurildo R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Saraiva
authors.forename: Cleusa Lapa
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Inês Remígio
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: de Aguiar
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006801:Humans; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index