Ventricular tachycardia in an ice-hockey player after a blunt chest trauma

Int J Cardiol. 2007 Jan 18;114(3):378-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.11.074. Epub 2006 Apr 17.

Abstract

A case of a professional ice-hockey with a blunt chest trauma is presented. A year after the first cardiac evaluation, he experienced sustained ventricular tachycardia after another slight chest trauma. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator was implanted. The pathophysiological background of tachycardias after a blunt chest trauma and its management are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Defibrillators, Implantable
  • Hockey / injuries*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology*
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / therapy
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / complications*
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating / physiopathology