Stellate ganglionitis in sudden cardiac death: A case report.


Journal

Autonomic neuroscience : basic & clinical
ISSN: 1872-7484
Titre abrégé: Auton Neurosci
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 100909359

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
09 2021
Historique:
received: 18 03 2021
revised: 19 04 2021
accepted: 20 06 2021
pubmed: 29 6 2021
medline: 26 10 2021
entrez: 28 6 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the most common natural cause of death. The hypothesized mechanism of death is an arrhythmia precipitated by increased sympathetic outflow. The left stellate ganglion provides sympathetic innervation to the heart and plays a role in arrhythmogensis. We present a SCD with stellate ganglionitis in which the inflammatory cells were characterized. The case was 37-year-old man who died from ischemic and hypertensive heart disease. The left stellate ganglion showed lymphocytic inflammation with features of humoral immune response. This case report provides evidence that stellate ganglionitis can be seen in SCD and raises the possible association between the two.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34182293
pii: S1566-0702(21)00067-9
doi: 10.1016/j.autneu.2021.102837
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

102837

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Michael Duffy (M)

Northern Forensic Pathology Service of New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand.

Jack Garland (J)

Forensic and Analytical Science Service, NSW Health Pathology, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Benjamin Ondruschka (B)

Institute of Legal Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.

Julian F R Paton (JFR)

Manaaki Mānawa, The Centre for Heart Research, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Emma N Bardsley (EN)

Manaaki Mānawa, The Centre for Heart Research, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Christopher X Wong (CX)

Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Simon Stables (S)

Northern Forensic Pathology Service of New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand; Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Rexson Tse (R)

Northern Forensic Pathology Service of New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand; Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Electronic address: rexsont@adhb.govt.nz.

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