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SUBMITTER: Devkota K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5871802 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Devkota Kiran K Wang Ya Hong YH Liu Meng Yi MY Li Yan Y Zhang You Wei YW
F1000Research 20180228
Fulminant myocarditis is a life-threatening clinical condition. It is the inflammation of myocardium leading to acute heart failure, cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrhythmias. Incidence of fulminant myocarditis is low and mortality is high. Most grievous complications of fulminant myocarditis is mainly cardiac arrhythmias; if there is delay on active management of the patient, it may be fatal. Here, we describe a case of III° atrioventricular block due to fulminant myocarditis that was managed w ...[more]