J-wave-associated ventricular fibrillation in a patient with a subarachnoid haemorrhage.
We report a case of 59-year-old man with subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) complicated by ventricular fibrillation (VF). Continuous electrocardiogram monitoring revealed that J-waves appeared immediately before the VF. The present report is the first to describe a J-wave-associated VF as another possible mechanism of sudden cardiac death in patients with SAH.
Department of Internal Medicine,  Specialistic Hospital, Gorlice,  Poland.
Piotr
P
Kukla
Marek
M
Jastrzebski
Wojciech
W
Praefort
D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*