CARDIAC-ARRHYTHMIAS AS A MANIFESTATION OF ACQUIRED HEART-DISEASE IN ASSOCIATION WITH PEDIATRIC RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS-INFECTION

Respiratory syncitial virus (RSV) is a common cause of upper and lower respiratory tract infection in infants. An association between RSV br onchiolitis and cardiac arrhythmias has been described but is rare. A further case of an infant with supraventricular tachycardia in associa tion with culture-positive respiratory syncitial virus bronchiolitis i s reported. This case prompted a review of the two other cases of arrh ythmia associated with RSV infection seen at this institution and a re view of all other published cases.