Life-threatening electrical storm requiring emergency aortic valve replacement in a patient with severe unicuspid aortic valve disease

Acta Cardiol. 2019 Oct;74(5):429-430. doi: 10.1080/00015385.2018.1527074. Epub 2018 Dec 3.

Authors

Pierre-Vladimir Ennezat¹, Aure-Elise Biguet-Petit-Jean¹, Michel Durand², Shona Cosgrove³, Jean-Pierre Fleury⁴

Affiliations

¹ Cardiology Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble , Grenoble , France.
² Cardiovascular Surgery Intensive Care Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble , Grenoble , France.
³ Mater Misericordiae University Hospital , Dublin , Ireland.
⁴ Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble , Grenoble , France.

PMID: 30507275
DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2018.1527074

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / surgery*
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / complications*
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / physiopathology
Aortic Valve Insufficiency / surgery
Aortic Valve Stenosis / complications*
Aortic Valve Stenosis / physiopathology
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Emergencies*
Heart Conduction System / physiopathology*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Humans
Male
Severity of Illness Index
Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology