Successful management of a case of electrical storm due to invasive endocarditis.
We present a 44-year-old man with invasive aortic and tricuspid valve endocarditis complicated by electrical storm, which was immediately diagnosed and successfully treated due to the patient's telemetry electrocardiogram (ECG). This case highlights a rare but potentially fatal complication in patients with invasive endocarditis and the need for very careful clinical evaluation and monitoring of these patients.
Division of Cardiology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St Gallen, Switzerland.
Christoph
C
Hottkowitz
Peter
P
Ammann
Gian Reto
GR
Kleger
Andreas
A
Künzli
Dietrich
D
Hack
Hans
H
Rickli
Micha T
MT
Maeder
D000328:Adult; D000638:Amiodarone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001021:Aortic Valve; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D014261:Tricuspid Valve
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000638:Amiodarone