Complete heart-block associated with amoebic hepatitis; normal rhythm restored with emetine
Rawkins, M.D.; Konstam, G.L.S.
Lancet 2(6569): 152
1949
ISSN/ISBN: 0140-6736 PMID: 18146952 Document Number: 11743
A well-nourished man with amoebic hepatitis but with no recent dysentery had complete heart-block, which appeared to respond to emetine. In three previously reported cases of amoebiasis with auriculoventricular dissociation the patients had diarrhoea, thus introducing other possible factors affecting the conducting tissues.
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