Atrial flutter complicating severe leptospirosis: a case report

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Francisco Theogenes Macêdo Silva¹  Geraldo Bezerra Da Silva Junior¹  André Nunes Benevides¹  Elizabeth De Francesco Daher¹ 

关键词: Leptospirosis;    Weil syndrome;    Arrhythmia;    Atrial flutter;    Electrocardiogram;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0037-8682-1739-2013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Cardiac disturbances are relatively common and electrocardiographic abnormalities may be found in more than 70% of patients with leptospirosis. We report the case of a 68 year-old male with severe leptospirosis who developed atrial flutter. Effective treatment was done with amiodarone. The patient became clinical stable, with complete recovery. Rigorous clinical observation and continuous electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring may facilitate the identification of rhythm disorders, and thus prevent a probable fatal outcome, in severe cases of leptospirosis.

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