Cardiac complications of a dengue fever outbreak in Sri Lanka, 2005

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 804-808

  Kularatne, S A M ^a   Pathirage, M M K ^a   Kumarasiri, P V R ^a   Gunasena, S ^b   Mahindawanse, S I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Medical Research Institute Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Bradycardia; DEN 3; Dengue fever; Myocarditis; Sri Lanka; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRADYCARDIA; DENGUE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PULSE RATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SRI LANKA; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DENGUE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SRI LANKA;

EID: 34250681050     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.02.021     Document Type: Article

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