Abstract
Abstract
Background
The definition of electrical storm is still debated. For example, an electrical storm is defined as a clustering of three or more separate episodes of ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation within 24 hours or one or more episodes occurring within 5 minutes of termination of the previous episode of ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation. When it is refractory to medications, prompt assessments by coronary angiography, sedation, and overdrive pacing should be performed. An electrical storm may occur anytime, including at night or after the patient leaves an intensive care unit.
Case presentation
A 70-year-old Japanese man with type 2 diabetes mellitus was diagnosed as having ST-elevation myocardial infarction. His clinical course after an urgent percutaneous coronary intervention was uneventful, but he developed electrical storm that was refractory to antiarrhythmic medications on day 11 of hospitalization. We used sedative medications and performed ventricular overdrive pacing and transferred him to a university hospital for further treatment, which included electrical ablation and cardioverter-defibrillator implantation.
Conclusion
An electrical storm is a relatively rare and fatal complication of acute myocardial infarction. It is important that the treatment choices for this condition are known by non-cardiologist physicians who might encounter this rare condition.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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