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Volume 28, Number 2—February 2022

Synopsis

Novel Clinical Monitoring Approaches for Reemergence of Diphtheria Myocarditis, Vietnam

Ho Quang Chanh, Huynh Trung Trieu, Huynh Ngoc Thien Vuong, Tran Kim Hung, Tu Qui Phan, James Campbell, Caitlin Pley, and Sophie YacoubComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (H.Q. Chanh, H.T. Trieu, H.N.T. Vuong, T.K. Hung, T.Q. Phan); Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Ho Chi Minh City (H.Q. Chanh, H.T. Trieu, J. Campbell, S. Yacoub); University of Cambridge, School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, United Kingdom (C. Pley); University of Oxford Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Oxford, United Kingdom (S. Yacoub)

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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.

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.

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