Thoracoscopic sympathectomy for incessant polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in chronic chagasic myocarditis--a case
Abstract:
Management of complex ventricular arrhythmias due to chagasic myocarditis is challenging. We herein present the case of a young male who was presented with incessant well tolerated polymorphic ventricular tachycardia of unknown cause, who was unresponsive to conventional medical management and as a last resort was submitted to a thoracoscopic bilateral sympathectomy, and showed remarkable improvement in his arrhythmia control. Later on his tests returned positive for Chagas' disease and shortly thereafter he suddenly died.
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