Key result
IV amiodarone resolves acute AF with RVR in a dengue hemorrhagic fever case.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights that supraventricular arrhythmias such as acute atrial fibrillation can occur during dengue hemorrhagic fever and can be successfully managed with intravenous amiodarone.
AF may complicate dengue hemorrhagic fever; case report leaves open amiodarone's role and generalizability.
Dengue fever is a viral infection transmitted by the mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Cardiac rhythm disorders, such as atrioventricular blocks and ventricular ectopic beats, appear during infection and are attributed to viral myocarditis. However, supraventricular arrhythmias have not been reported. We present a case of acute atrial fibrillation, with a rapid ventricular rate, successfully treated with intravenous amiodarone, in a 62-year-old man with dengue hemorrhagic fever, who had no structural heart disease.
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Veloso et al. (2003) conducted a case report in Dengue hemorrhagic fever with acute atrial fibrillation (n=1). Intravenous amiodarone was evaluated on Successful treatment of acute atrial fibrillation. Intravenous amiodarone successfully treated acute atrial fibrillation with a rapid ventricular rate in a 62-year-old man with dengue hemorrhagic fever and no structural heart disease.
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