Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in a patient with herpes encephalitis

Martin Huemer; Leif-Hendrik Boldt; Alexander Wutzler; Abdul Parwani; Sascha Rolf; Daniela Blaschke; Wilhelm Haverkamp

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2011.04.033

Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in a patient with herpes encephalitis

J Clin Neurosci. 2012 Mar;19(3):483-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.04.033. Epub 2012 Jan 28.

Authors

Martin Huemer¹, Leif-Hendrik Boldt, Alexander Wutzler, Abdul Parwani, Sascha Rolf, Daniela Blaschke, Wilhelm Haverkamp

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Division of Rhythmology and Electrophysiology, Charité Virchow Klinikum, Augustenburgerplatz 1, Berlin 13353, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 22284924
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.04.033

Abstract

We present a patient with polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and subsequent ventricular fibrillation with acquired long QT syndrome secondary to herpes encephalitis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Acyclovir / therapeutic use
Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
Defibrillators, Implantable
Electrocardiography
Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / complications*
Female
Foscarnet / therapeutic use
Ganciclovir / therapeutic use
Headache / etiology
Heart Arrest / etiology
Herpesvirus 2, Human
Humans
Long QT Syndrome / etiology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Meningitis, Viral / pathology
Middle Aged
Seizures / etiology
Tachycardia, Ventricular / complications*
Torsades de Pointes / complications

Substances

Antiviral Agents
Foscarnet
Ganciclovir
Acyclovir