ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2020
An unusual cause of a complete heart block in a young healthy man! (a case report).
Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Total atrioventricular block as a cardiac manifestation in Weil's disease: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Article
- A case of Epstein-Barr virus-associated pericarditis progressing to complete atrioventricular block and cardiac arrest.HeartRhythm case reports · 2023Article
- Acute lymphocytic myocarditis presenting as complete heart block in an adult: a case report.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Acute myocarditis represents a challenging diagnosis as there is no pathognomonic clinical presentation. It is rare to see heart block as the first-and-only presentation of infectious myocarditis. We report the case of a young healthy patient who presented with syncope secondary to a complete heart block. It was caused by acute presumed viral myocarditis. The diagnosis was confirmed with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. With close monitoring, the EKG abnormalities resolved over the following 5 days. In this case report, we present the importance of several imaging tools to diagnose a rare and reversible cause of conduction disturbances. In at-risk individuals, clinicians should rule out a treatable cause of heart block before proceeding with permanent pacemaker implantation due to enormous clinical and cost implications involved.
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