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Cardiac Involvement in Postnatal Rubella
Author(s) -
THANOPOULOS BASIL D.,
ROKAS STELIOS,
FRIMAS CONSTANTINE A.,
MANTAGOS STEPHANOS P.,
BERATIS NICHOLAS G.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1989.tb10905.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myocarditis , heart failure , rubella , heart block , atrioventricular block , complication , rubella virus , cardiology , pediatrics , surgery , electrocardiography , immunology , measles , vaccination
. Two cases of rubella myocarditis are reported: a 6‐year‐old boy who developed a complete, distal to His, atrioventricular block, during the third day of illness; and a 12‐year‐old boy who developed myocarditis with congestive heart failure 20 days following rubella infection. Although permanent pacing was required in the first patient, six years later he showed a normal growth and maintained normal activity. The second patient has deteriorated markedly and 6 months after the initial illness he had severe heart failure. It should be noted that myocarditis with abnormalities of the conduction system or congestive heart failure may be a complication to postnatal rubella.