Myocarditis Complicated by Complete Atrioventricular Block: Nine Years' Experience in a Medical Center

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 218-222

  Chien, Shao Ju ^a   Liang, Chi Di ^a   Lin, I Chun ^a   Lin, Ying Jui ^a   Huang, Chien Fu ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

children; complete atrioventricular block; myocarditis; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; ISOPRENALINE; LIDOCAINE;

ADAMS STOKES ATTACK; ADOLESCENT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOMEGALY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; COXSACKIE VIRUS B; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MYCOPLASMA; MYOCARDITIS; PROGNOSIS; SINUS RHYTHM; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 60449083718     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60014-0     Document Type: Article

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