Junctional ectopic tachycardia following complete heart block associated with viral myocarditis

J A Maiers; E S Ebenroth

doi:10.1007/s00246-005-1215-x

Junctional ectopic tachycardia following complete heart block associated with viral myocarditis

Pediatr Cardiol. 2006 May-Jun;27(3):367-8. doi: 10.1007/s00246-005-1215-x.

Authors

J A Maiers¹, E S Ebenroth

Affiliation

¹ Section of Pediatric Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children, 702 Barnhill Drive, Riley Research Room 127, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.

PMID: 16732395
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-005-1215-x

Abstract

We describe the case of an infant progressing from sinus rhythm to complete heart block, junctional ectopic tachycardia, and back to sinus rhythm as the only manifestation of viral myocarditis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Atrioventricular Node / pathology
Disease Progression
Electrocardiography
Heart Block / complications*
Heart Block / etiology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Myocarditis / complications*
Myocarditis / virology
Tachycardia, Ectopic Junctional / etiology*