Open AccessRadiofrequency catheter ablation of atrlal tachycardia due to myocarditis six months after a viper bite
Author(s) -
А.В. Ардашев,
E. Zhelyakov,
А В Конев,
М. С. Рыбаченко
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kliničeskaâ praktika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-8627
pISSN - 2220-3095
DOI - 10.17816/clinpract83707
Subject(s) - medicine , myocarditis , tachycardia , viper , cardiology , radiofrequency catheter ablation , atrial tachycardia , catheter ablation , radiofrequency ablation , ablation , anesthesia , ecology , venom , biology
The present report describes a 20-year old man who developed an incessant atrial tachycardia several days after snakebite. Antiarrhythmic treatment was ineffective and six months later radiofrequency ablation of atrial tachycardia was successfully performed. A chronic arrythmia was considered as manifestation of toxic-allergic myocarditis. The possible mechanisms leading to myocarditis are discussed.