Atrial fibrillation as a complication of dengue hemorrhagic fever: non-self-limiting manifestation

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Mahmod, Masliza ^a   Darul, Noor Darinah Mohd ^a   Mokhtar, Ibtisam ^a   Nor, Norazirah Md ^a   Anshar, Fauzi Md ^a   Maskon, Oteh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Atrial fibrillation; Dengue hemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMIODARONE; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; THYROTROPIN; TROPONIN T; UREA; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; DENGUE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEVER; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PALPITATION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MYALGIA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; QT PROLONGATION; REVERTANT; SINUS RHYTHM; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING;

ADULT; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949184849     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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