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.