Herpes Zoster-induced Progressive Heart Block: A Case Report

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) can produce painful, cutaneous lesions in human beings. Reactivation of this neurotropic virus leads to herpes zoster or shingles: a painful, unilateral, vesicular eruption in a restricted dermatomal distribution. Rarely, reactivation of this virus can lead to cardiac co...

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Autores principales: Kazemi, Vahid, Fernandez, Marlena C, Zide, Kenneth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6367108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30761227
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3674
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author Kazemi, Vahid
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description Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) can produce painful, cutaneous lesions in human beings. Reactivation of this neurotropic virus leads to herpes zoster or shingles: a painful, unilateral, vesicular eruption in a restricted dermatomal distribution. Rarely, reactivation of this virus can lead to cardiac complications, such as myocarditis and even conduction abnormalities. In this case report, we present a patient with a cardiac complication post VZV reactivation and address an unusual question and concern resulting from latent VZV presentation in adults.
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spelling pubmed-63671082019-02-13 Herpes Zoster-induced Progressive Heart Block: A Case Report Kazemi, Vahid Fernandez, Marlena C Zide, Kenneth Cureus Cardiology Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) can produce painful, cutaneous lesions in human beings. Reactivation of this neurotropic virus leads to herpes zoster or shingles: a painful, unilateral, vesicular eruption in a restricted dermatomal distribution. Rarely, reactivation of this virus can lead to cardiac complications, such as myocarditis and even conduction abnormalities. In this case report, we present a patient with a cardiac complication post VZV reactivation and address an unusual question and concern resulting from latent VZV presentation in adults. Cureus 2018-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6367108/ /pubmed/30761227 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3674 Text en Copyright © 2018, Kazemi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Kazemi, Vahid
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Herpes Zoster-induced Progressive Heart Block: A Case Report
title Herpes Zoster-induced Progressive Heart Block: A Case Report
title_full Herpes Zoster-induced Progressive Heart Block: A Case Report
title_fullStr Herpes Zoster-induced Progressive Heart Block: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Herpes Zoster-induced Progressive Heart Block: A Case Report
title_short Herpes Zoster-induced Progressive Heart Block: A Case Report
title_sort herpes zoster-induced progressive heart block: a case report
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6367108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30761227
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3674
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