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Case Report: III° atrioventricular block due to fulminant myocarditis managed with non-invasive transcutaneous pacing

Fulminant myocarditis is a life-threatening clinical condition. It is the inflammation of myocardium leading to acute heart failure, cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrhythmias. Incidence of fulminant myocarditis is low and mortality is high. Most grievous complications of fulminant myocarditis is mai...

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Autores principales: Devkota, Kiran, Wang, Ya Hong, Liu, Meng Yi, Li, Yan, Zhang, You Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000 Research Limited 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5871802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29636901
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.14000.2
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Sumario:Fulminant myocarditis is a life-threatening clinical condition. It is the inflammation of myocardium leading to acute heart failure, cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrhythmias. Incidence of fulminant myocarditis is low and mortality is high. Most grievous complications of fulminant myocarditis is mainly cardiac arrhythmias; if there is delay on active management of the patient, it may be fatal. Here, we describe a case of III° atrioventricular block due to fulminant myocarditis that was managed with non-invasive transcutaneous cardiac pacing in the absence of ECMO. The non-invasive transcutaneous pacemaker is a safe, effective and convenient device to revert arrhythmias.