Torsade de pointes tachycardia as a rare manifestation of acute enteroviral myocarditis

Heart

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 489-490

  Badorff, C ^a   Zeiher, A M ^a   Hohnloser, S H ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Torsade de pointes; Ventricular tachycardia; Viral myocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TORSADE DES POINTES; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 0034778873     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.86.5.489     Document Type: Article

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