A CASE OF SECOND DEGREE MOBITZ TYPE 1 HEART BLOCK IN A CASE OF DENGUE FEVER IN A KNOWN PATIENT OF PAROXYSMAL NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA: A RARE ASSOCIATION
Chatterjee R., Dr. Sarkar K.*, Modak D. C. and Guha S. K.
ABSTRACT
Dengue virus infection affects the heart structurally as well as functionally. Clinical manifestations of cardiac complications are various. Myocarditis is the most common cardiac complication reported .Here we report a case of dengue myocarditis related Mobitz Type 1 Atrio-Ventricular (AV) block in a 24years old male who was a known case of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria but without any history of structural or functional heart diseases.
Keywords: Dengue, Mobitz type 1 AV block, myocarditis.
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