Risen from the dead: Cardiac stereotactic ablative radiotherapy as last rescue in a patient with refractory ventricular fibrillation storm

Eberhard P Scholz; Katharina Seidensaal; Patrick Naumann; Florian André; Hugo A Katus; Jürgen Debus

doi:10.1016/j.hrcr.2019.03.004

Risen from the dead: Cardiac stereotactic ablative radiotherapy as last rescue in a patient with refractory ventricular fibrillation storm

HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2019 Mar 21;5(6):329-332. doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2019.03.004. eCollection 2019 Jun.

Authors

Eberhard P Scholz^{1

2

3}, Katharina Seidensaal⁴, Patrick Naumann⁴, Florian André², Hugo A Katus^{1

2

3}, Jürgen Debus⁴

Affiliations

¹ Heidelberg Center for Heart Rhythm Disorders (HCR), Heidelberg, Germany.
² Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
³ DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany.
⁴ Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

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Keywords: Bailout therapy; Cardiac SBRT; Catheter ablation; Stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy; Ventricular arrhythmia; Ventricular fibrillation storm.

Publication types

Case Reports