Sinus node arrest secondary to HSV encephalitis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1053-1056

  Smith, Belinda K ^a   Cook, Mark J ^a   Prior, David L ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Asystole; Herpes simplex; Herpes simplex encephalitis; Syncope

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS ARREST; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

AMYGDALA; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SINUS ARREST, CARDIAC; SYNCOPE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 48449089137     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.06.017     Document Type: Article

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