TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Cardiac involvement and scorpion envenomation in children
JO  - Journal of tropical pediatrics
A1  - Das, Sreekanta
A1  - Nalini, P.
A1  - Ananthakrishnan, S.
A1  - Sethuraman, K. R.
A1  - Balachander, J.
A1  - Srinivasan, Sivaramakrishnan
SP  - 338
EP  - 340
VL  - 41
IS  - 6
N2  - Cardiac complications of 32 children with scorpion envenomation, during a 1-year period from August 1990 to August 1991 were studied. Sixteen children (50 per cent) were diagnosed as having myocarditis; of these in four children the presentation was subclinical. ECG changes were seen in 63 per cent of children envenomed and was a sensitive indicator of myocarditis. Sixty-nine per cent of children with myocarditis had left ventricular dysfunction as shown by echocardiography. Though statistically not significant, there was a correlation between prolonged QTc and LV dysfunction, which needs to be studied further. In those children who came for follow-up, the left ventricular function reversed to normal.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0142-6338
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -