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A modified approach to percutaneous ultrasound-guided left stellate ganglion block for drug-refractory electrical storm: a case report.
European Heart Journal. Case Reports 2024 March
BACKGROUND: The use of percutaneous stellate ganglion block (SGB) in the management of drug-refractory electrical storm (ES) has been increasingly reported in the last years. Few data are available on the safety, duration, and dosage of local anaesthetic used.
CASE SUMMARY: A 66-year-old male patient with a history of ischaemic cardiomyopathy and an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) presented to the emergency room complaining several ventricular arrhythmias and ICD shocks received in the last 24 h. He was treated with many lines of anti-arrhythmic drugs but his condition deteriorated with cardiovascular instability and respiratory distress, so he was intubated. The ES still worsened (82 episodes of ventricular arrhythmias), so we performed an ultrasound-guided left SGB, using a modified technique, with success in suppressing the ventricular arrhythmias. The patient was then treated with electrophysiological study and catheter ablation.
DISCUSSION: The ultrasound approach to SGB is feasible in emergency setting, and it is safe and effective also using a modified and easier technique in patient with difficult sonographic visualization of the neck structures. Moreover, it is possible and safe to use a combination of short-acting rapid-onset local anaesthetic with a long-lasting one with a good outcome.
CASE SUMMARY: A 66-year-old male patient with a history of ischaemic cardiomyopathy and an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) presented to the emergency room complaining several ventricular arrhythmias and ICD shocks received in the last 24 h. He was treated with many lines of anti-arrhythmic drugs but his condition deteriorated with cardiovascular instability and respiratory distress, so he was intubated. The ES still worsened (82 episodes of ventricular arrhythmias), so we performed an ultrasound-guided left SGB, using a modified technique, with success in suppressing the ventricular arrhythmias. The patient was then treated with electrophysiological study and catheter ablation.
DISCUSSION: The ultrasound approach to SGB is feasible in emergency setting, and it is safe and effective also using a modified and easier technique in patient with difficult sonographic visualization of the neck structures. Moreover, it is possible and safe to use a combination of short-acting rapid-onset local anaesthetic with a long-lasting one with a good outcome.
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