Editorial Type:
Article Category: Case Report
| Online Publication Date: 28 Jun 2023
Cardiac Arrest Due to Pacing Failure From Pilsicainide Poisoning
Cardiac Arrest Due to Pacing Failure From Pilsicainide Poisoning
DDS, PhD,
DDS, PhD,
,
DDS,
DDS,
DDS,
MD, PhD, and
DDS, PhD
Page Range: 70 – 74
Keywords: Pilsicainide; Poisoning; Cardiac arrest; Pacing failure; Pacing threshold
Copyright: © 2023 by the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology 2023
Figure.
A 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) obtained soon after the patient's condition initially deteriorated.
Idioventricular pattern noted on the ECG along with pacing failure. Heart rate was approximately 30 beats/min. Regularly spaced red arrows indicate pacemaker spikes that were occurring despite lack of capture.
Contributor Notes
Address correspondence to Dr Toshiyuki Kishimoto, Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Division of Oral Pathogenesis and Disease Control, Asahi University School of Dentistry, 1851-1, Hozumi, Mizuho-shi, Gifu, 501-0296 Japan; kishimototoshiyuki@dent.asahi-u.ac.jp.
Received: 18 Feb 2022
Accepted: 12 Sept 2022