Myocardial tissue pCO2 and calcium content during ventricular fibrillation and reperfusion periods

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 494-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minoru Kobayashi ◽  
Hiroyuki Orita ◽  
Takao Shimanuki ◽  
Manabu Fukasawa ◽  
Takao Watanabe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ventricular Fibrillation ◽  
Calcium Content ◽  
Myocardial Tissue ◽  
Tissue Pco2

scholarly journals The Effect of Bupivacaine on Myocardial Tissue Hypoxia and Acidosis During Ventricular Fibrillation

2004 ◽  
pp. 790-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Weinberg ◽  
Chanannait Paisanthasan ◽  
Douglas Feinstein ◽  
William Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Ventricular Fibrillation ◽  
Tissue Hypoxia ◽  
Myocardial Tissue

Miliary Tuberculosis Presenting as Infection of a Pacemaker Pulse-Generator Pocket

1996 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.G. Doherty ◽  
R. Rankin ◽  
F. Kerr
Keyword(s):  
Ventricular Fibrillation ◽  
Heart Block ◽  
Pulse Generator ◽  
Complete Heart Block ◽  
Miliary Tuberculosis ◽  
Permanent Pacemaker ◽  
Purulent Discharge ◽  
Myocardial Tissue ◽  
Rare Occurrence ◽  
Great Vessels

A seventy year old woman had a permanent VVI pacemaker inserted in 1983 for complete heart block and presented ten years later with purulent discharge from the generator pocket. During a prolonged pyrexia illness, she developed renal and respiratory failure and her illness was complicated by recurrent ventricular fibrillation. The patient died on her 31st hospital day. Subsequent histological and microbiological investigation revealed widespread miliary tuberculosis which included involvement of myocardial tissue, great vessels and the pacemaker pocket. To our knowledge, this is the first reported occurrence of miliary tuberculosis involving a permanent pacemaker system. Furthermore, the granulomatous myocarditis which occurred as part of the miliary picture is a rare occurrence and possibly explains the recurrent ventricular fibrillation.

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