Electrical storm: Role of stellate ganglion blockade and anesthetic implications of left cardiac sympathetic denervation

Electrical storm: Role of stellate ganglion blockade and anesthetic implications of left cardiac sympathetic denervation

An electrical storm is usually associated with catecholaminergic surge following myocardial ischaemia and manifest as recurrent ventricular arrhythmias, requiring frequent DC shocks. Delivering repeated DC shocks induces myocardial damage and further worsens the arrhythmias, which are resistant to t...

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Main Authors: Shrinivas Gadhinglajkar, Rupa Sreedhar, M Unnikrishnan, Narayanan Namboodiri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Electrical storm
stellate ganglion block
sympathectomy
Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2013;volume=57;issue=4;spage=397;epage=400;aulast=Gadhinglajkar

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