Torsade de pointes tachycardia as a rare manifestation of acute enteroviral myocarditis

摘要

A patient with cardiac arrest and docu- mented torsade de pointes ventricular tachycardia is presented in whom acute coxackievirus B2 myocarditis was ienti- fied as the most likely underlying cardiac condition. This case shows that torsade de pointes may occur as a rare manifestation of viral myocarditis. Serial serological tests and endomyocardial biopsies may be helpful in establishing a diagnosis in such patients.