Volume 28, Number 2—February 2022
Synopsis
Novel Clinical Monitoring Approaches for Reemergence of Diphtheria Myocarditis, Vietnam
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Figure 3. Results of 12-lead electrocardiograms conducted on a 7-year-old boy later diagnosed with diphtheria myocarditis, Vietnam, 2020. A) At hospital admission (day 10 of illness), electrocardiography showed an incomplete right bundle branch block (RSR) in V1–3 with QRS duration of 92 ms), QTc prolongation (519 ms), and ST depression. B) On day 14 of illness, we observed sinus tachycardia with occasional supraventricular premature complexes and T-wave inversion. C) On day 25, we observed widespread T-wave inversion, which persisted even after clinical recovery.