Cardiac ganglionitis associated with sudden unexpected death
| Autor: | Carter Je, Eisele Jw, Zipes Dp, James Tn, Finegan Re |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Neuritis Neural degeneration Fibromuscular dysplasia Sudden death Herpes Zoster Death Sudden Internal medicine Internal Medicine Medicine Humans Sinoatrial Node business.industry Sinoatrial node General Medicine medicine.disease Atrioventricular node medicine.anatomical_structure Ventricular fibrillation Ventricular Fibrillation Cardiology Female Ganglia Electrical conduction system of the heart business |
| Zdroj: | Annals of internal medicine. 91(5) |
| ISSN: | 0003-4819 |
| Popis: | In a postmortem study of the hearts of two young women who died suddenly and unexpectedly, we found a remarkably similar and distinctive ganglionitis, predominantly in the region of the sinus node. Both women had ventricular fibrillation at the time of collapse. Vesicular neuritis and older neural degeneration were present in other regions of the heart. Except for focal fibromuscular dysplasia of the sinus node artery and atrioventricular node artery of one heart, there was no other significant anatomic abnormality in either heart. The functional significance of this cardiac ganglionitis is unclear, but its location in and around the conduction system makes it a possible cause of the fatal electrical instability. Recognition that ganglionitis of the heart may be associated with sudden death should stimulate a number of additionally useful studies. |
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