Termination of Electrical Storm After Double Valve Replacement Using Sympathectomy
Nael Al-Sarraf1, Derar S AlShehab1, Essa M AlGhunaim1
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Chest Diseases Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
The Heart Surgery Forum
|March 3, 2020
Abstract:
Electrical storm is a fatal condition unless aborted. Various treatments are available, each with its own limitations. Here, we present a case in which all forms of therapy failed except sympathectomy, which terminated the storm successfully.
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