PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ahmed R. Al-Fagih
AU  - Saleh A. Al-Ghamdi
AU  - Khaled G. Dagriri
AU  - Ahmed S. Al-Malki
TI  - Transient sinus node dysfunction with acute hepatitis of unknown etiology
DP  - 2010 May 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 575--577
VI  - 31
IP  - 5
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/31/5/575.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/31/5/575.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2010 May 01; 31
AB  - We reported a case of a 72-year-old male, known diabetic on insulin, referred because of complete atrioventricular block. He was found to have acute hepatitis during which he developed transient atrial arrhythmia, and sinus node dysfunction. His cardiac symptoms disappeared completely after hepatitis improvement. All of his cardiac investigations were normal including electrocardiogram, echocardiography and thalium stress test. At 3 and 6 months follow up, his Holter monitoring did not show any further arrhythmia, and he denied any further episodes of palpitation or pre-syncope. We reviewed the literature regarding the relationship between hepatitis and atrial arrhythmia.