Treatment of Severe Diphtheritic Myocarditis by Temporary Insertion of a Cardiac Pacemaker | Zendy

Nguyen Minh Dung | Zendy; Rachel Kneen | Zendy; Nguyen Kiem | Zendy; Delia B. Bethell | Zendy; Nguyen Hoan Phu | Zendy; Tom Solomon | Zendy; Tran Thi Hong Chau | Zendy; Nguyen Thi Hoang | Zendy; Nicholas Day | Zendy; Nicholas J. White | Zendy

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Treatment of Severe Diphtheritic Myocarditis by Temporary Insertion of a Cardiac Pacemaker

Author(s) -

Nguyen Minh Dung,

Rachel Kneen,

Nguyen Kiem,

Delia B. Bethell,

Nguyen Hoan Phu,

Tom Solomon,

Tran Thi Hong Chau,

Nguyen Thi Hoang,

Nicholas Day,

Nicholas J. White

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/344176

Subject(s) - medicine , myocarditis , cardiac pacing , diphtheria , cardiology , cardiac pacemaker , surgery , pathology , vaccination

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.

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