Mehran Gheshlaghi

Department of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran

Publications

  • Case Report   
    Primary Ventricular Fibrillation as the First Presentation of Aortic Dissection: A Case Report
    Author(s): Mehran Gheshlaghi53915, Mojgan Javedani Masroor53916, Elahe Mohammadi53917 and Hossein Sheibani53918*

    This study is about an infrequent first presentation of Aortic Dissection (AD), and it is primary Ventricular Fibrillation (VF). We present a 64-year-old woman with a history of hypertension who came with sudden retrosternal chest pain, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. The patient suffered a cardiac arrest a few seconds after admission. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) was done for her. An Electrocardiogram (ECG) showed ST elevation that demonstrated acute anterior MI (Myocardial Infarction). Trans-thoracic echocardiography (echo), Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) demonstrated decreased Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) with standard LV size (LVEF=25%) and type A Stanford and type I DeBakey Aortic Dissection flap from root up to distal of abdominal Aorta. This is while the patient’s first presentation was VF, and she had anteri.. Read More»
    DOI: 10.31858/0975-8453.14.3.142-145

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