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. 2009;41(1):57-62.
doi: 10.1080/00365540802502629.

More than half of the patients with acute Puumala hantavirus infection have abnormal cardiac findings

Satu Makela  1 , Liisa Kokkonen, Ilpo Ala-Houhala, Kaj Groundstroem, Aimo Harmoinen, Heini Huhtala, Mikko Hurme, Antti Paakkala, Ilkka Porsti, Vesa Virtanen, Antti Vaheri, Jukka Mustonen
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More than half of the patients with acute Puumala hantavirus infection have abnormal cardiac findings

Satu Makela et al. Scand J Infect Dis. 2009.

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the frequency, severity and outcome of cardiac findings in patients with acute Puumala hantavirus-induced nephropathia epidemica (NE). 70 consecutive, hospital-treated patients with serologically confirmed NE were prospectively examined using serial electrocardiograms (ECG), plasma troponin I, tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and echocardiography (ECHO). Examinations were repeated after 3 and 12 months. ECG changes were observed in 57% of patients. Plasma troponin I levels remained normal in all. In six patients, ECHO showed left ventricular contraction abnormalities, and 1 patient had mild pericardial effusion. There were no differences in clinical or standard laboratory findings or in plasma TNF-alpha and IL-6 concentrations between patients with and without ECG or ECHO changes. During the follow-up, all acute-phase changes in ECG and ECHO reverted to normal, which probably reflects their benign nature. We conclude that abnormal cardiac findings are surprisingly common during NE.

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