Sometimes a punch is needed to get started: A case of complete aortic occlusion with complete heart block rescued with percussion pacing

Muhammad Abd Ur Rehman; Ahmed Kassem; Hina Akram; Salah A Almughalles; Shabbir Ahmad

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5424

Sometimes a punch is needed to get started: A case of complete aortic occlusion with complete heart block rescued with percussion pacing

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Feb 7;10(2):e05424. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5424. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Authors

Muhammad Abd Ur Rehman¹, Ahmed Kassem¹, Hina Akram², Salah A Almughalles³, Shabbir Ahmad¹

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Medicine Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
² Department of Public Health Qatar University Doha Qatar.
³ Department of Radiology Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.

Abstract

Complete heart block (CHB) is defined as the complete absence of atrioventricular conduction. Electrical pacing is the treatment of choice. We present a case of CHB which is interesting not only due to being a diagnostic dilemma in the emergency department but also for its management and the final diagnosis.

Keywords: complete heart block; complete occlusion of abdominal aorta; mechanical pacing; percussion pacing; transcutaneous pacing.

Publication types

Case Reports