The clinical course of acquired complete heart block in children with acute myocarditis

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 495-497

  Batra, A S ^a   Epstein, D ^b   Silka, M J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart block; Myocarditis; Pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MYOCARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MYOCARDITIS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0042021701     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-002-0402-2     Document Type: Article

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