STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK AS A BRIDGE TO DEFINITIVE GANGLIONECTOMY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF REFRACTORY VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA

Toma Galkuvienė, Gabrielė Ramanauskaitė, Augustė Klišmontaitė, Diana Rinkūnienė Abstract Electrical storm (ES) is a critical cardiac emergency characterized by recurrent, life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias occurring within a short period, most commonly in patients with structural heart disease, particularly those who have an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) for secondary prevention, as the device records recurrent ventricular arrhythmias that…

SYMPATHETIC DENERVATION OF STELLATE GANGLION FOR MANAGEMENT OF PERSISTENT VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA: A CASE REPORT

Žygimantas Laureckas, Tautvydas Rugelis, Diana Rinkūnienė, Vytautas Zabiela, Tomas Kazakevičius, Vytis Bajoriūnas, Egidijus Gaučas, Andrius Macas, Aras Puodžiukynas Abstract This case report presents the effectiveness of stellate gan­glion ablation for the control of persistent ventricular tachycardia (VT) resistant to standard therapies. A male patient in his 60s with a history of ischemic cardiomyo­pathy, implanted cardioverter-defibrillator…