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Clin Infect Dis
; 35(11): 1425-9, 2002 Dec 01.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12439808
RESUMO
Vietnamese children and adolescents with diphtheritic myocarditis and severe conduction abnormalities were treated prospectively with temporary insertion of a cardiac pacemaker. Five of 32 patients died before the procedure could be performed; the remaining 27 patients underwent successful pacemaker insertion. In children and adolescents with diphtheritic myocarditis and severe conduction defects, temporary insertion of a cardiac pacemaker may improve the outcome.