[Recurrent ventricular tachycardia as a late complication of a cardiac stab wound].
We present a case of a 55-year-old male who suffered from a cardiac stab wound in his youth and 38 years later developed unstable sustained ventricular tachycardia. Imaging showed presence of a scarf of myocardium which probably caused the arrhythmia. Arrhythmia was successfully controlled using combined treatment with pharmacotherapy and cardioverter-defibrillator implantation. Relapses of ventricular tachycardia treated by appropriate interventions of cardioverter-defibrillator occurred when the patient stopped pharmacotherapy and experienced great psychic stress.
I Kliniczny Oddział Kardiologii, Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii, 25-736 Kielce.
Justyna
J
Niedziela
Beata
B
Wozakowska-Kapłon
Katarzyna
K
Dziubek
Elzbieta
E
Jaskulska-Niedziela
Monika
M
Włosowicz
D002921:Cicatrix / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000150:complications*