Reversible Second Degree Atrioventricular Block After a Severe Sickle Cell Crisis

Autor: Marc Bolens, Edgard Jaeggi, Beat Friedli
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Pediatric Cardiology, Vol. 19, No 2 (1998) pp. 171-3
ISSN: 1432-1971
0172-0643
DOI: 10.1007/s002469900272
Popis: Despite the high prevalence of sickle cell disease and trait in the black population and its serious potential for microinfarction, there are only a few reports on acute myocardial damage during vasoocclusive crisis. We report a unique case of transient second degree atrioventricular (A-V) block of Mobitz I and II type during a severe sickle cell crisis. Localized high ventricular septum hypoperfusion demonstrated by a 99mTc-MIBI radionuclide study and reversible echocardiographic wall motion abnormalities in the same area were strong indicators for a local ischemic event in the A-V node and His bundle area, explaining the observed transient conduction abnormalities. The present report draws attention to a potentially lethal complication of sickle cell crisis.
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