Successfully resuscitated sudden cardiac death in a young homosexual male with HIV myocarditis.

Autor: Belohlávek J; 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Angiology, General Faculty Hospital, Charles University in Prague, Vseobecna Fakultni Nemocnice, U Nemocnice 2, Prague 2 128 00, Czech Republic. jan.belohlavek@vfn.cz, Kuchynka P, Machala L, Dytrych V, Vítková I, Schramlová J, Smíd O, Gandalovicová J, Linhart A
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Current HIV research [Curr HIV Res] 2009 Jul; Vol. 7 (4), pp. 434-6.
DOI: 10.2174/157016209788680606
Abstrakt: Successfully treated sudden cardiac death due to malignant arrhythmia related to HIV myocarditis in a young male with favorable clinical and virological profile is not described in current literature. HIV myocarditis as a possible cause of malignant ventricular arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death is discussed.
Databáze: MEDLINE