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Sterile Pericarditis in Aachener Minipigs As a Model for Atrial Myopathy and Atrial Fibrillation
Published on: September 24, 2021
Complete atrioventricular block persisting after regression of infectious myocarditis
Philippe Maury1, Talia Chilon, Nicolas Dumonteil
1Federation of Cardiology, University Hospital Rangueil, Toulouse, France. mauryjphil@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Atrioventricular block is usually transient during the course of infectious myocarditis. We report the case of a patient presenting with complete infra-hisian atrioventricular block occurring in the setting of infectious myocarditis and in whom a pacemaker should be finally implanted. Borderline serologies for picornavirus were present 6 weeks later. Complete atrioventricular block persisted during the two years of follow-up despite otherwise complete regression of the myocarditis. We then discuss the main features of conduction disturbances complicating infectious myocarditis, including a list as complete as possible of all the causal agents possibly involved.
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