COVID-19–Mediated Electrical Storm Managed With Milrinone in a Vaccinated Patient
SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) can lead to an inflammatory response affecting multiple organs. Ventricular arrhythmias, including ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation (VF), have been reported in otherwise-healthy individuals who have not been vaccinated. A young, otherwise-healthy m...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American College of Physicians
2023-05-01
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| Series: | Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases |
| Online Access: | https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2022.0820 |
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| Summary: | SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) can lead to an inflammatory response affecting multiple organs. Ventricular arrhythmias, including ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation (VF), have been reported in otherwise-healthy individuals who have not been vaccinated. A young, otherwise-healthy man who was vaccinated and recently diagnosed with COVID-19 was admitted for refractory VF. Common pharmaceutical agents for VF were given to no avail. VF resolved with use of low-dose milrinone infusion. An inotropic agent usually used in patients with heart failure, milrinone also possesses proven anti-inflammatory effects, which may have allowed it to succeed where the traditional agents failed. |
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| ISSN: | 2767-7664 |