Spiked helmet sign after percutaneous left stellate ganglion ablation in a patient with long QT syndrome

Farid Aliyev; Vugar Abdulkerimov; Enes Elvin Gul; Fuad Samedov; Elnur Isayev; Elnur Ferecov

doi:10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2017.06.016

Spiked helmet sign after percutaneous left stellate ganglion ablation in a patient with long QT syndrome

J Electrocardiol. 2017 Nov-Dec;50(6):944-946. doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2017.06.016. Epub 2017 Jun 9.

Authors

Farid Aliyev¹, Vugar Abdulkerimov², Enes Elvin Gul³, Fuad Samedov¹, Elnur Isayev¹, Elnur Ferecov⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan.
³ Department of Cardiology, Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan; Heart Rhythm Service, Department of Cardiology, Istanbul Medicine Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁴ Department of Nephrology, Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan.

PMID: 28623018
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2017.06.016

Abstract

"Spiked helmet" is a type of ST elevation, which is generally observed in critically ill patients and associated with very poor prognosis. Here we present a case of previously undiagnosed long QT syndrome admitted with polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PMVT) unresponsive to pharmacological treatment and developed "spiked helmet" sign after left percutaneous stellate ganglion ablation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Catheter Ablation / methods*
Electrocardiography*
Female
Fluoroscopy
Humans
Kidney Transplantation*
Long QT Syndrome / physiopathology*
Long QT Syndrome / surgery*
Nerve Block / methods*
Stellate Ganglion / surgery*