1. Successfully Resuscitated Sudden Cardiac Death in a Young Homosexual Male with HIV Myocarditis
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Ladislav Machala, Vladimír Dytrych, Petr Kuchynka, Aleš Linhart, Jan Belohlavek, Jana Schramlová, Jana Gandalovicova, Ivana Vitkova, and Ondrej Smid
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Myocarditis ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ,HIV Infections ,medicine.disease_cause ,Sudden cardiac death ,Virology ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,cardiovascular diseases ,Cardiopulmonary resuscitation ,Homosexuality, Male ,Death sudden cardiac ,Young male ,business.industry ,Arrhythmias, Cardiac ,medicine.disease ,Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ,Death, Sudden, Cardiac ,Infectious Diseases ,cardiovascular system ,Cardiology ,business ,Male Homosexuality - Abstract
Successfully treated sudden cardiac death due to malignant arrhythmia related to HIV myocarditis in a young male with favorable clinical and virological profile is not described in current literature. HIV myocarditis as a possible cause of malignant ventricular arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death is discussed.
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- 2009
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