Invasive cardiac aspergillosis presenting as complete heart block in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Eur Heart J. 2015 Jun 21;36(24):1555. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv016. Epub 2015 Feb 8.

Authors

Gustavo Lima da Silva¹, Fausto J Pinto², Ana G Almeida²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Department, Santa Maria University Hospital, Lisbon North Hospital Center, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, Lisboa 1649-035, Portugal gustavolssilva@gmail.com.
² Cardiology Department, Santa Maria University Hospital, Lisbon North Hospital Center, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, Lisboa 1649-035, Portugal.

PMID: 25666321
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv016

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
Aspergillosis / complications*
Aspergillosis / drug therapy
Cardiomyopathies / complications*
Cardiomyopathies / drug therapy
Electrocardiography
Heart Block / etiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Opportunistic Infections / complications*
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / complications*
Triazoles / therapeutic use

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Triazoles
posaconazole
Amphotericin B