Viral myocarditis remains a prominent infectious-inflammatory disease for patients throughout thernlifespan. The condition presents several challenges including varied modes of clinical presentation, a range ofrntimepoints when patients come to attention, a diversity of approaches to diagnosis, a spectrum of clinical courses,rnand unsettled perspectives on therapeutics in different patient sett…
Diphtheria continues to be reported from many parts of the world. Complete heart block is rare but often fatalrncomplication of diphtheric myocarditis. We report six children with diphtheric myocarditis who presented withrncomplete heart block. Three patients survived, one with persistent complete heart block. Aggressive supportivernmanagement including transvenous pacing may result in complete…
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare but serious form of cardiac failure affecting women in the last months of pregnancy or early puerperium. Clinical presentation of PPCM is similar to that of systolic heart failure from any cause, and it can sometimes be complicated by a high incidence of thromboembolism