[Recurrent ventricular tachycardia as a late complication of a cardiac stab wound]
Justyna Niedziela1, Beata Wozakowska-Kapłon, Katarzyna Dziubek
1I Kliniczny Oddział Kardiologii, Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii, 25-736 Kielce.
Abstract:
We present a case of a 55-year-old male who suffered from a cardiac stab wound in his youth and 38 years later developed unstable sustained ventricular tachycardia. Imaging showed presence of a scarf of myocardium which probably caused the arrhythmia. Arrhythmia was successfully controlled using combined treatment with pharmacotherapy and cardioverter-defibrillator implantation. Relapses of ventricular tachycardia treated by appropriate interventions of cardioverter-defibrillator occurred when the patient stopped pharmacotherapy and experienced great psychic stress.
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