Life-threatening torsade de pointes arrhythmia associated with head injury.
Torsade de pointes (atypical ventricular tachycardia) occurred in a 75-year-old man 1 day after blunt head injury, in association with a focal intracerebral hematoma in the left thalamic area. The causal relationship between the traumatic stimulation of the left sympathetic pathway and the development of this life-threatening arrhythmia is discussed.
Rotem
M
M
Intensive Care Unit (Department of Anesthesiology), Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Constantini
S
S
Shir
Y
Y
Cotev
S
S
D000368:Aged; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D013788:Thalamus; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D008012:Lidocaine