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Complete heart block due to diphtheritic myocarditis in the present era

Diphtheria continues to be reported from many parts of the world. Complete heart block is rare but often fatal complication of diphtheric myocarditis. We report six children with diphtheric myocarditis who presented with complete heart block. Three patients survived, one with persistent complete hea...

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Autores principales: Varghese, Mithun J, Ramakrishnan, Sivasubramanian, Kothari, Shyam S, Parashar, Akhil, Juneja, Rajnish, Saxena, Anita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3634244/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23626433
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.107231