| Journal: | The brazilian journal of infectious diseases |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000290798 |
| ISSN: | 1413-8670 |
| Authors: | Veloso, Henrique Horta1 Ferreira-Junior, Joao Anisio Paiva, Joyce Morgana Braga de Honorio, Julio Faria Bellei, Nancy C. Junqueira Paola, Angelo Amato Vincenzo de |
| Institutions: | 1Hospital da Veneravel Ordem Terceira da Penitencia, Departamento de Cardiologia, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Season: | Dic |
| Volumen: | 7 |
| Number: | 6 |
| Pages: | 418-422 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Experimental |
| English abstract | Dengue fever is a viral infection transmitted by the mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Cardiac rhythm disorders, such as atrioventricular blocks and ventricular ectopic beats, appear during infection and are attributed to viral myocarditis. However, supraventricular arrhythmias have not been reported. We present a case of acute atrial fibrillation, with a rapid ventricular rate, successfully treated with intravenous amiodarone, in a 62-year-old man with dengue hemorrhagic fever, who had no structural heart disease |
| Disciplines: | Biología, Medicina |
| Keyword: | Virus, Diagnóstico, Sistema cardiovascular, Dengue, Fibrilación auricular, Arritmias |
| Keyword: | Biology, Medicine, Virus, Cardiovascular system, Diagnosis, Dengue, Atrial fibrillation, Arrhythmias |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver HTML) |
