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GUSETU G, BULBOACĂ A, MAGER MA, CISMARU G, BULBOACĂ AI, STĂNESCU I. Ventricular arrhythmia during rehabilitation of cervical spinal cord injury. BALNEO RESEARCH JOURNAL 2020. [DOI: 10.12680/balneo.2020.362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Patients with cervical spinal cord injury have a high incidence of cardiac arrhythmias, especially in the first 14 to 30 days after traumatic event (acute phase). Electrophysiological abnormalities described in the acute phase are most often bradycardia, which is spontaneous or triggered by various stimuli. In the chronic phase, varied arrhythmias are described, but ventricular arrhythmias as a result of autonomic dysregulation in chronic SCI are rare and isolated. We present the case of a patient with a C5-C6 incomplete spinal cord injury (ASIA-B grade) in which symptomatic ventricular arrhythmia is described one year after the traumatic event.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gabriel GUSETU
- 1. Department of Internal Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2. Rehabilitation Hospital, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- 3. Department of Neurosciences, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Romania 4. Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children, Pediatric Neurology Department Cluj-Napoca, Romania
| | - Gabriel CISMARU
- 1. Department of Internal Medicine, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2. Rehabilitation Hospital, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
| | | | - Ioana STĂNESCU
- 2. Rehabilitation Hospital, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 3. Department of Neurosciences, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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