Interv Akut Kardiol. 2020;19(4):222-226 | DOI: 10.36290/kar.2020.034

Ultrasound guided anesthetic stellate ganglion block in treatment of ventricular storm

Otakar Jiravský1,2, Radim Špaček1, Jan Chovančík1, Miroslav Hudec1,2, Libor Škňouřil1, Martin Fiala2,3
1 Nemocnice Podlesí, Třinec
2 Lékařská fakulta Masarykovy Univerzity, Brno
3 Neuron Medical, Centrum kardiovaskulární péče, Brno

Malignant ventricular storm is a life-threatening condition. The increasing use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators has significantly improved the related mortality. On the other hand, the increasing number of implanted devices has led to a growing number of patients with ventricular arrhythmias treated with shocks. Altering the activity of the sympathetic system with ultrasound-guided stellate ganglion blockade may target the crucial initiating as well as sustaining mechanisms of ventricular tachyarrhythmia.

Keywords: arrhythmic storm, stellate ganglion, ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation.

Received: July 1, 2020; Revised: July 1, 2020; Accepted: July 6, 2020; Prepublished online: July 6, 2020; Published: December 3, 2020  Show citation

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Jiravský O, Špaček R, Chovančík J, Hudec M, Škňouřil L, Fiala M. Ultrasound guided anesthetic stellate ganglion block in treatment of ventricular storm. Interv Akut Kardiol. 2020;19(4):222-226. doi: 10.36290/kar.2020.034.
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