Recurrent ventricular tachycardia in a child with juvenile dermatomyositis - an unusual association

Int J Rheum Dis. 2012 Apr;15(2):e26-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2012.01701.x. Epub 2012 Feb 13.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Amiodarone / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Dermatomyositis / complications*
  • Dermatomyositis / drug therapy
  • Dermatomyositis / physiopathology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Methotrexate / therapeutic use
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Recurrence
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / complications*
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / drug therapy
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology

Substances

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
  • Immunosuppressive Agents
  • Prednisolone
  • Amiodarone
  • Methotrexate