To the Editor,The present outbreak of Ebola virus disease 2014 in Africa is of public health concern. This disease is a deadly infection and has high fatality (1). The clinical presentation is mainly an acute febrile illness with hemorrhagic complication (1). Of interest, there are also other systemic presentations in the patient. The effect of the infection on cardiac rhythm is very interesting. Indeed, in the earlier outbreak in Sudan in 1976, the problem of cardiac rhythm abnormality was not observed (2). However, in the present situation, Ebola 2014, tachycardia is common (3). Bah et al. (3) reported that the mean heart rate of patients was >93 beats/minute. It appears that the new Ebola virus 2014 has a possible cardiac chronotropic action.
Authors: Elhadj Ibrahima Bah; Marie-Claire Lamah; Tom Fletcher; Shevin T Jacob; David M Brett-Major; Amadou Alpha Sall; Nahoko Shindo; William A Fischer; Francois Lamontagne; Sow Mamadou Saliou; Daniel G Bausch; Barry Moumié; Tim Jagatic; Armand Sprecher; James V Lawler; Thierry Mayet; Frederique A Jacquerioz; María F Méndez Baggi; Constanza Vallenas; Christophe Clement; Simon Mardel; Ousmane Faye; Oumar Faye; Baré Soropogui; Nfaly Magassouba; Lamine Koivogui; Ruxandra Pinto; Robert A Fowler Journal: N Engl J Med Date: 2014-11-05 Impact factor: 91.245