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Abstract 4139677: A rare case of ventriculobronchial fistula caused by an epicardial defibrillator patch

Circulation

This case highlights such a scenario.Case:A 75-year-old female with a history of cardiac arrest 30 years ago presented with shortness of breath and left leg swelling. She experienced massive hemoptysis, leading to respiratory and cardiac arrest, but was resuscitated. Bronchoscopy revealed clots in the left lower lobe.

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A man in his 30s with cardiac arrest and STE on the post-ROSC ECG

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The morphology of V2-V4 is very specific in my experience for acute right heart strain (which has many potential etiologies, but none more common and important in EM than acute pulmonary embolism). He had multiple cardiac arrests with ROSC regained each time. CT angiogram showed extensive saddle pulmonary embolism.

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Brugada Syndrome: Diagnosis and Risk Stratification

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

They include myocardial ischemia, acute pericarditis, pulmonary embolism, external compression due to mass over the right ventricular outflow tract region, and metabolic disorders like hyper or hypokalemia and hypercalcemia. According to a recent systematic review and meta-analysis, spontaneous type 1 ECG had 2.4%