65-year-old man treated for severe heart rhythm disorder after repeat bypass surgery

A 65-year-old manreligious scholar was treated astatine SIMS Hospital aft helium developed ventricular tachycardia (VT) storm, repeated episodes of dangerously accelerated bosom rhythm, pursuing a repetition coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Over 5 days, helium required much than 250 defibrillator shocks to reconstruct mean bosom rhythm.

The patient, who had undergone bypass country astatine different infirmary successful 2012, presented with thorax symptom and breathlessness. Tests, including coronary angiography, showed aggregate captious blockages and nonaccomplishment of the earlier grafts. Echocardiography showed that his heart’s pumping relation had dropped to 27%, on with a scarred and calcified country successful the little portion of the heart.

A repetition CABG was performed by a squad led by V.V. Bashi, Director and Head of the SIMS Institute of Cardiac and Aortic Disorders, to reconstruct humor flow. About 24 hours aft surgery, the diligent developed repeated ventricular tachycardia that did not respond to medicines, and required astir 50 electrical shocks a day, for 5 days, portion successful the intensive attraction portion (ICU).

An electrophysiology squad led by Sanjai P.V. aboriginal performed an endo-epicardial catheter ablation to find and destruct the abnormal electrical signals causing the arrhythmia. A month later, an Automated Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator was implanted to negociate imaginable aboriginal arrhythmias. He is presently nether follow-up care.