An unusual cause of a complete heart block in a young healthy man! (a case report).
Pan Afr Med J
; 37: 391, 2020.
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| ID: mdl-33796204
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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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Síncope
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Bloqueo Cardíaco
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Miocarditis
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pan Afr Med J
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Túnez
Pais de publicación:
Uganda