Swine Flu myocarditis presenting with life threatening ventricular tachycardia

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 314-316

  Vijayan, Sethumadhavan ^a   Chase, Alexander ^a   Barry, James ^a  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; GLUCOSE; OSELTAMIVIR; TROPONIN; WARFARIN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MALAISE; MALE; MYALGIA; MYOCARDITIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; QT INTERVAL; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; SWINE INFLUENZA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; OSELTAMIVIR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865083312     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2012.110177     Document Type: Article

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