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Persistent complete heart block following acute rheumatic fever in a 12 year old girl
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Persistent complete heart block following acute rheumatic fever in a 12 year old girl
J Assoc Physicians India.
1993 Jun.
Abstract
Rheumatic fever can cause a variety of cardiac conduction disturbances. A case of rheumatic fever with rare complication of narrow QRS - complex complete heart block in a 12 year old girl is presented. The complete heart block has persisted even after 12 months of followup.
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