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Electrical Storm Due to Active Myocardial Ischemia in the Right Coronary Artery Territory – Case Report

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Electrical storm is defined by at least three episodes of sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias or appropriate shocks given by implantable cardiac defibrillator devices (ICD), occurring within a period of 24 hours. In the present manuscript, we present the case of a 69-year-old female patient with previous aortocoronary bypass, who was admitted from the Emergency Department after presenting several episodes of syncope in prehospital settings and presented 4 episodes of sustained ventricular tachycardia which required electrical cardioversion. The arrhythmia disappeared after percutaneous revascularization of a chronic occlusion in the right coronary artery. In this case, the implantation of an ICD was avoided, as a reversible cause of ES has been identified and treated.

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2457-5518
Lingua:
Inglese
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4 volte all'anno
Argomenti della rivista:
Medicine, Clinical Medicine, Emergency Medicine and Intensive-Care Medicine, Radiology, Internal Medicine, Cardiology