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.
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Authors | Vincenzo Russo, Anna Rago, Federica DI Meo, Nadia Della Cioppa, Andrea Antonio Papa, Maria Giovanna Russo, Gerardo Nigro |
Journal | Acta 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 |
PMID | 25873784
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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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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