Menahem Samuel
Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Monash Heart, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
Cardiol Young. 2010 Feb;20(1):103-4. doi: 10.1017/S1047951109990102. Epub 2010 Feb 24.
The common respiratory syncytial virus has been associated with cardiac involvement, usually tachyarrhythmias and occasionally myocarditis. A child is described who probably developed a complete heart block following respiratory syncytial bronchiolitis. Such an association needs to be considered if the heart is structurally normal and there is no evidence of a congenital heart block in a setting of maternal anti-Ro and anti-La antibodies.
