Torsade de pointes tachycardia as a rare manifestation of acute enteroviral myocarditis

A patient with cardiac arrest and documented torsade de pointes ventricular tachycardia is presented in whom acute coxsackievirus B2 myocarditis was i dentified as the most likely underlying cardiac condition. This case shows that torsade de pointes may occur as a rare manifestation of viral myocardi tis. Serial serological tests and endomyocardial biopsies may be helpful in establishing a diagnosis in such patients.