Complete heart block due to diphtheritic myocarditis in the present era

• Main Authors: Mithun J Varghese (Author), Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan (Author), Shyam S Kothari (Author), Akhil Parashar (Author), Rajnish Juneja (Author), Anita Saxena (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Diphtheria continues to be reported from many parts of the world. Complete heart block is rare but often fatal complication of diphtheric myocarditis. We report six children with diphtheric myocarditis who presented with complete heart block. Three patients survived, one with persistent complete hea...