Ventricular tachycardia storm as predominant cardiac manifestation of lupus myocarditis
SUMMARY Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-system autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the heart, causing arrhythmias on top of other cardiac manifestations. Malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias are rare manifestations of SLE. Our case is the first one reported in the li...
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Medical Journal of Malaysia Case Reports (MJM Case Reports)
2022
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41013/2/Ventricular%20tachycardia%20-%20Copy.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41013/ http://mjmcasereports.org/ |
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| Summary: | SUMMARY
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-system
autoimmune disease that can affect any part of the heart,
causing arrhythmias on top of other cardiac manifestations.
Malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias are rare
manifestations of SLE. Our case is the first one reported in
the literature of an SLE patient with multi-organ involvement who subsequently presented with ventricular tachycardia (VT) storm as a cardiac manifestation. This case also demonstrates the use of Stellate ganglion block to treat intractable VT storm when chemical and electrical
cardioversions failed, while waiting for immunosuppressive
drugs to take effect. Timely treatment resulted in a good
outcome for our patient. |
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