When the Heart Triggers the Esophagus: Esophageal Spasm after Electrical Cardioversion
Introduction:“Esophageal spasm” is a generic term widely used to attribute unexplained non-cardiac chest pain and/or dysphagia to an esophageal motility disorder. Patient and methods: The authors present the case of an 86-year-old male patient with complete dysphagia after an elective electrical c...
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| author | Riccardo Manfredo Campaner Marco Enzo Tau Francesca Ortelli Maria Luisa De Perna Tanja Fusi-Schmidhauser |
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| description | Introduction:“Esophageal spasm” is a generic term widely used to attribute unexplained non-cardiac chest pain and/or dysphagia to an esophageal motility disorder.
Patient and methods: The authors present the case of an 86-year-old male patient with complete dysphagia after an elective electrical cardioversion for atrial fibrillation. An upper endoscopy performed shortly after the onset of the clinical picture documented disordered esophageal contractions. The patient became asymptomatic within 12 hours of the administration of a spasmolytic therapy.
Results: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of esophageal spasm after an electrical cardioversion.
Discussion: The temporal correlation supports the explanation of a cause-effect relationship between the clinical presentation and the preceding procedure, thus providing elements for clinicians to recognize and treat this particular condition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3de688cc62344c62a14ace528c5d368d2022-12-21T19:11:07ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942019-12-0110.12890/2019_0013691369When the Heart Triggers the Esophagus: Esophageal Spasm after Electrical CardioversionRiccardo Manfredo Campaner0Marco Enzo Tau1Francesca Ortelli2Maria Luisa De Perna3Tanja Fusi-Schmidhauser4epartment of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Switzerlandepartment of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Switzerlandepartment of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Switzerlandepartment of Cardiology, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Switzerlandepartment of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, SwitzerlandIntroduction:“Esophageal spasm” is a generic term widely used to attribute unexplained non-cardiac chest pain and/or dysphagia to an esophageal motility disorder. Patient and methods: The authors present the case of an 86-year-old male patient with complete dysphagia after an elective electrical cardioversion for atrial fibrillation. An upper endoscopy performed shortly after the onset of the clinical picture documented disordered esophageal contractions. The patient became asymptomatic within 12 hours of the administration of a spasmolytic therapy. Results: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of esophageal spasm after an electrical cardioversion. Discussion: The temporal correlation supports the explanation of a cause-effect relationship between the clinical presentation and the preceding procedure, thus providing elements for clinicians to recognize and treat this particular condition.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1369esophageal spasmdysphagiaelectrical cardioversionatrial fibrillation |
| spellingShingle | Riccardo Manfredo Campaner Marco Enzo Tau Francesca Ortelli Maria Luisa De Perna Tanja Fusi-Schmidhauser When the Heart Triggers the Esophagus: Esophageal Spasm after Electrical Cardioversion European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine esophageal spasm dysphagia electrical cardioversion atrial fibrillation |
| title | When the Heart Triggers the Esophagus: Esophageal Spasm after Electrical Cardioversion |
| title_full | When the Heart Triggers the Esophagus: Esophageal Spasm after Electrical Cardioversion |
| title_fullStr | When the Heart Triggers the Esophagus: Esophageal Spasm after Electrical Cardioversion |
| title_full_unstemmed | When the Heart Triggers the Esophagus: Esophageal Spasm after Electrical Cardioversion |
| title_short | When the Heart Triggers the Esophagus: Esophageal Spasm after Electrical Cardioversion |
| title_sort | when the heart triggers the esophagus esophageal spasm after electrical cardioversion |
| topic | esophageal spasm dysphagia electrical cardioversion atrial fibrillation |
| url | https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1369 |
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