Stellate ganglionitis in sudden cardiac death: A case report.
Arrhythmia
Hypertension
Inflammation
Stellate ganglion
Sudden cardiac death
Sympathetic nervous system
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
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
102837Informations de copyright
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