Rhythm Disturbances in the Acute Stage of Acute Rheumatic Fever; Report of Four Cases - Abstract
Various rhythm and conduction disturbances have been reported in patients with acute rheumatic fever, that first-degree atrioventricular block is the most common one. The second or third-degree AV block, junctional tachycardia with or without AV dissociation, supraventricular tachycardia, premature ventricular contraction, ventricular tachycardia, right and left bundle branch block have been reported rarely during the course of the acute rheumatic fever. In this report, we present four children with acute rheumatic fever associated cardiac rhythm disturbances.