Cardiac arrest in a 31-year-old man because of the Arnold-Chiari malformation.
We describe a 31-year-old man who suffered from loss of consciousness and cardiac arrest with ventricular fibrillation after a brisk head movement. Clinical investigation was inconclusive apart from the magnetic, resonance imaging that showed the Arnold-Chiari malformation. It must be taken into account in the diagnosis, as a specific treatment is possible.
Alegre
S
S
Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain.
García-Rubira
J C
JC
Patrignani
G
G
D000328:Adult; D001139:Arnold-Chiari Malformation / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006257:Head / Q000502:physiology; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology