title: Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia secondary to subacute myocarditis.
abstract: We report a case of subacute myocarditis with severe heart failure referred for urgent cardiac transplantation. The patient had an episode of bidirectional ventricular tachycardia during the acute admission. Subacute myocarditis should be added to the limited differential diagnosis of bidirectional ventricular tachycardia.
authors: McMaster University, Departments of Medicine and Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Ashley.chin1@gmail.com
authors: Ashley
authors: A
authors: Chin
authors: Vidhya
authors: V
authors: Nair
authors: Jeff S
authors: JS
authors: Healey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*