Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation in a Previously Healthy Recreational Athlete

Caleb Norton; Daniel H Cooper; Gregory Ewald; Mustafa Husaini

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.07.026

Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation in a Previously Healthy Recreational Athlete

JACC Case Rep. 2022 Sep 7;4(17):1129-1133. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.07.026.

Authors

Caleb Norton¹, Daniel H Cooper¹, Gregory Ewald¹, Mustafa Husaini¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA.

Abstract

There are several clinical challenges in the survivor of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), including ensuring that a comprehensive diagnostic evaluation has been performed and providing counseling on return to activity. We report a case of a highly conditioned athlete who presented following aborted SCA during exercise with a diagnosis of idiopathic ventricular fibrillation arrest. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: ACS, acute coronary syndrome; ECG, electrocardiogram; ICD, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; SCA, sudden cardiac arrest; VF, ventricular fibrillation; idiopathic ventricular fibrillation; implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; sudden cardiac arrest.

Publication types

Case Reports