title: Dorsal spinal cord injury as a cause of recurrent asystole requiring permanent cardiac pacing.
abstract: Numerous unusual causes of atrioventricular block (AVB) with cardiac pacemaker implantation have been documented including cough, deglutition, or other vagally mediated mechanism. In spinal cord lesions, only high cervical spinal cord lesion has been reported as a cause of severe bradycardia. We report a case with not cervical but dorsal vertebral trauma and persistent paroxysmal AVB requiring cardiac pacemaker implantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Nord, Chemin des Bourrelys, 13915 cedex 20, Marseille 13015, France. michael.peyrol@ap-hm.fr
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peyrol
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sbragia
authors.forename: Jacques Alexandre
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Trigano
authors.forename: Franck
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paganelli
mesh_terms: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001285:Atropine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D001285:Atropine; D007545:Isoproterenol