Cardiocerebral Infarction: A Combination to Prevent

Cabral, Margarida; Ponciano, Ana; Santos, Beatriz; Morais, João

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Background The acute complications of myocardial infarction (MI), such as mechanical, arrhythmic, ischemic, and inflammatory sequelae, may be responsible for significant cardiovascular morbimortality. Life-threatening arrhythmias, namely ventricular fibrillation or tachycardia, may be a challenging complication requiring a prompt approach. In some cases, acute ischemia leads to polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PVT), and, rarely, to potentially lethal torsades de pointes ventricular tachycardia.