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Ventricular fibrillation induced by coagulating mode bipolar electrocautery during pacemaker implantation in Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 patient.

Abstract
The occurrence of ventricular fibrillation, induced by bipolar electrocautery during elective dual chamber pacemaker implantation, is reported in a patient affected by Myotonic Distrophy type 1 with normal left ventricular ejection fraction.
AuthorsVincenzo Russo, Anna Rago, Federica DI Meo, Nadia Della Cioppa, Andrea Antonio Papa, Maria Giovanna Russo, Gerardo Nigro
JournalActa myologica : myopathies and cardiomyopathies : official journal of the Mediterranean Society of Myology (Acta Myol) Vol. 33 Issue 3 Pg. 149-51 (Dec 2014) ISSN: 1128-2460 [Print] Italy
PMID25873784 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Atrial Fibrillation (etiology, prevention & control)
  • Cardiac Pacing, Artificial (methods)
  • Echocardiography
  • Electric Countershock (methods)
  • Electrocardiography
  • Electrocoagulation (adverse effects, methods)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myotonic Dystrophy (complications, physiopathology)
  • Syncope (diagnosis, etiology)
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ventricular Fibrillation (diagnosis, etiology, therapy)
  • Ventricular Remodeling

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