Complete atrioventricular block associated with toxoplasma myocarditis

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-223

  Mariani, Matteo ^a   Pagani, Massimo ^a   Inserra, Corinna ^a   De Servi, Stefano ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile di Legnano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Myocarditis; Toxoplasma

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS; HEART BLOCK; PARASITOLOGY;

ADULT; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 33646855067     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euj046     Document Type: Article

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