Open AccessTorsade de pointes due to coxsackie B3 myocarditis
Author(s) -
Sareli P.,
Schamroth C. L.,
Passias J.,
Schamroth L.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960100514
Subject(s) - medicine , myocarditis , viral myocarditis , qt interval , cardiology , electrocardiography
Viral myocarditis may present with a variety of electrocardiologic aberrations. Torsade de pointes, a potentially malignant ventricular arrhythmia associated with prolongation of the QT interval has not been described in patients with acute viral myocarditis. This report details this finding in a patient with coxsackie B3 myocarditis in whom symptomatic torsade de pointes was documented.