Acute atrial fibrillation during dengue hemorrhagic fever
AUTOR(ES)
Veloso, Henrique Horta, Ferreira Júnior, João Anísio, Paiva, Joyce Morgana Braga de, Honório, Júlio Faria, Bellei, Nancy C. Junqueira, Paola, Angelo Amato Vincenzo de
FONTE
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2003-12
RESUMO
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 present a case of acute atrial fibrillation, with a rapid ventricular rate, successfully treated with intravenous amiodarone, in a 62-year-old man with dengue hemorrhagic fever, who had no structural heart disease.
