Cliff Diving Leading to Commotio Cordis in a Patient with Ebstein's Anomaly
Overview
Overview
Authors
Authors
Affiliations
Affiliations
Soon will be listed here.
Abstract
Learning Objective: Through this case, readers may be able to review the incidence and electrical abnormalities leading to sudden cardiac death in patients with commotio cordis, the clinical presentation and mechanism of injury, and the current consensus regarding the management of commotio cordis.
References
1.
Khairy P, Van Hare G, Balaji S, Berul C, Cecchin F, Cohen M
. PACES/HRS Expert Consensus Statement on the Recognition and Management of Arrhythmias in Adult Congenital Heart Disease: developed in partnership between the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society (PACES) and the Heart Rhythm Society.... Heart Rhythm. 2014; 11(10):e102-65.
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.05.009.
View
2.
Kohl P, Nesbitt A, Cooper P, Lei M
. Sudden cardiac death by Commotio cordis: role of mechano-electric feedback. Cardiovasc Res. 2001; 50(2):280-9.
DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6363(01)00194-8.
View
3.
Wight J, Lloyd M
. Swimming pool saline chlorination units and implantable cardiac devices: A source for potentially fatal electromagnetic interference. HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2019; 5(5):260-261.
PMC: 6522425.
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2019.01.011.
View
4.
Attenhofer Jost C, Tan N, Hassan A, Vargas E, Hodge D, Dearani J
. Sudden death in patients with Ebstein anomaly. Eur Heart J. 2018; 39(21):1970-1977a.
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx794.
View
5.
Makaryus J, Angert-Gilman J, Yacoub M, Patel A, Goldner B
. Inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks attributed to alternating-current leak in a swimming pool. Tex Heart Inst J. 2014; 41(1):61-3.
PMC: 3967468.
DOI: 10.14503/THIJ-12-3005.
View