Acute atrial fibrillation during dengue hemorrhagic fever

Dengue fever is a viral infection transmitted by the mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Cardiac rhythm disorders, such as atrioventricular blocks and ventricular ectopic beats, appear during infection and are attributed to viral myocarditis. However, supraventricular arrhythmias have not been reported. We pre...

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Main Authors: Veloso Henrique Horta, Ferreira Júnior João Anísio, Paiva Joyce Morgana Braga de, Honório Júlio Faria, Bellei Nancy C. Junqueira, Paola Angelo Amato Vincenzo de
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2003-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702003000600010