Junctional ectopic tachycardia in neonatal enterovirus myocarditis
Johannes Weickmann, Roman Gebauer, Christian Paech
Abstract
Differential diagnosis is challenging in poor conditioned neonates referred to the emergency room. Infectious disease is common, yet tachycardia should alert the clinician to look for cardiac arrhythmia and comprise. Tachycardia can lead to cardiomyopathy and should warrant further diagnostics for myocarditis, especially in rare or unusual combination of arrhythmias.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineMyocarditisCardiologyTachycardiaEnterovirusDifferential diagnosisInternal medicineCardiomyopathyVentricular tachycardiaHeart diseaseIntensive care medicineVirologyVirusPathologyHeart failureViral Infections and Immunology ResearchCardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsCardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies