We report electroversion in treatment of atrial fibrillation （AF） and atrioventricular nodal reentry ta- chycardia （AVNRT） in a patient with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and cervical spinal cord injury. At first...We report electroversion in treatment of atrial fibrillation （AF） and atrioventricular nodal reentry ta- chycardia （AVNRT） in a patient with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and cervical spinal cord injury. At first, the pa- tient sustained respiratory failure and weak cough reflex, thereafter repeated bronchoscopy was used to aspirate the sputum as well as control the pneumonia, which resulted in arrhythmia （AF and AVNRT）. Two doses of intravenousamiodarone failed to correct the arrhythmia. After restora- tion of sinus rhythm by electroversion, he was successfully weaned from mechanical ventilation and discharged from the intensive care unit without recurrent arrhythmia.展开更多
文摘We report electroversion in treatment of atrial fibrillation （AF） and atrioventricular nodal reentry ta- chycardia （AVNRT） in a patient with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and cervical spinal cord injury. At first, the pa- tient sustained respiratory failure and weak cough reflex, thereafter repeated bronchoscopy was used to aspirate the sputum as well as control the pneumonia, which resulted in arrhythmia （AF and AVNRT）. Two doses of intravenousamiodarone failed to correct the arrhythmia. After restora- tion of sinus rhythm by electroversion, he was successfully weaned from mechanical ventilation and discharged from the intensive care unit without recurrent arrhythmia.
