Acute atrial fibrillation during dengue hemorrhagic fever

Braz J Infect Dis. 2003 Dec;7(6):418-22. doi: 10.1590/s1413-86702003000600010.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amiodarone / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / therapeutic use
  • Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
  • Atrial Fibrillation / drug therapy
  • Atrial Fibrillation / etiology*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Severe Dengue / complications*

Substances

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
  • Amiodarone