Copyright © 1994 by the European Society of Cardiology.
© 1994 The European Society of Cardiology
Reversible complete atrioventricular block due to malignant lymphoma

*First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University Kagoshima, Japan
National Institute for Fitness and Sports in Kanoya Kanoya, Japan
Received 20 July 1993; revised 26 October 1993; .
Correspondence: Hiromitsu Tanaka, MD, The First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Sakuragaoka 8-35-1, Kagoshima City, 890, Japan
Abstract
An 83-year-old man was hospitalized due to general fatigue and dyspnoea. He was diagnosed as having complete atrioventricular (AV) block due to cardiac involvement by a malignant lymphoma. Eleven days after the initiation of chemotherapy, the complete AV block disappeared and only a first degree AV block remained.
Key Words: Malignant lymphoma atrioventricular block