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14 June 2022: Articles

A 39-Year-Old Woman with Ventricular Electrical Storm Treated with Emergency Cardiac Defibrillation Followed by Multidisciplinary Management

Unusual clinical course, Unusual setting of medical care

Piotr Sielatycki A , Małgorzata Chlabicz A* , Robert Sawicki B , Tomasz Hirnle B , Bożena Sobkowicz B , Karol A. Kamiński A , Sławomir Dobrzycki A

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.935710

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e935710

Table 1. The timeline representing procedure history of the patient with ventricular electrical storm (VES) treated with emergency cardiac defibrillation followed by multidisciplinary management.

TimeClinicProcedures and summary doses
AdmissionEmergency Department
Department of Invasive Cardiology
Department of Cardiac Surgery
Day 3Department of Cardiology
Day 4Department of Cardiac Surgery
Day 6Department of Cardiac SurgeryDepartment of Vascular Surgery
Day 9Department of Cardiac Surgery
Day 13Department of Cardiac Surgery• End of renal replacement therapy
Day 16–23Department of Cardiology with IntensiveCare Unit• Rehabilitation
Day 24Department of Cardiology with IntensiveCare Unit• MRI-LVEF 53%, ischemic lesions in anterior and latero-anterior wall
Day 32Department of Cardiology with IntensiveCare Unit• Discharge home with rehospitalisation in 5 days for ICD implantation
LUCAS – Chest Compression System resuscitation; ECMO – extracorporeal membrane oxygenation procedure; MRI – magnetic resonance imaging; TEE – transthoracic echocardiogram; LVEF – left ventricular ejection fraction; ICD – implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923