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: Henrique Horta Veloso, João Anísio Ferreira Júnior, Joyce Morgana Braga de Paiva, Júlio Faria Honório, Nancy C. Junqueira Bellei, Angelo Amato Vincenzo de Paola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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