Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Dog develops multifocal ventricular tachycardia after electric shock
By Takemura, N et al.·Published in The Journal of veterinary medical science·1996·Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Japan·View original on PubMed →
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Original publication title: Multifocal ventricular tachycardia after resuscitation by direct current counter shock in a dog.
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Plain-English summary
A 5-year-old male Labrador Retriever went into cardiac arrest during anesthesia and required emergency resuscitation. After attempts to revive him with chest compressions failed, the veterinarian performed a thoracotomy and used direct current shocks to restart his heart. The dog regained consciousness, but two hours later, he developed a serious heart rhythm issue called multifocal ventricular tachycardia. This condition may have been caused by temporary heart damage from the shocks. The dog’s recovery was closely monitored after the incident.
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Abstract
Cardiac arrest occurred in a male Labrador Retriever dog weighing 27.8 kg during induction to anesthesia. Immediately after the failure of resuscitation by the external cardiac compression, thoracotomy was performed and open chest direct current (DC) counter shocks were applied with routine emergency medications. Then the dog recovered consciousness. Although cardiac rhythm just after resuscitation was sinus tachycardia with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, multifocal ventricular arrhythmia occurred 2 hr after resuscitation. This arrhythmia might be the result from reversible cardiac lesions due to DC counter shock.
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