SUMMARYA 27-year-old woman with a history of bileaflet mitral valve prolapse and moderate mitral regurgitation presented to our emergency with untractable polymorphic wide complex tachycardia and unstable haemodynamics. After cardiopulmonary resuscitation, return of spontaneous circulation was achieved 30 min later. Her post-resuscitation ECG showed a prolonged QT interval which progressively normalised over the same day. Her laboratory investigations revealed hypocalcaemia while other electrolytes were within normal limits. A diagnosis of ventricular arrhythmia secondary to structural heart disease further precipitated by hypocalcaemia was made. Further hospital stay did not reveal a recurrence of prolonged QT interval or other arrhythmias except for an episode of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia. However, the patient suffered diffuse hypoxic brain encephalopathy secondary to prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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SUMMARYA healthy 32-year-old Asian man presented in emergency with a history of severe chest pain. ECG showed normal sinus rhythm with ST elevations in the anterior chest leads. He was diagnosed with anterior wall ST segment elevation myocardial infarction and was thrombolysed with tenecteplase. The cardiac enzymes and troponin level were significantly high and echocardiography demonstrated akinetic anterior segment of left ventricle. Coronary angiography exhibited anomalous left anterior descending artery originating from right sinus of Valsalva without atherosclerotic lesion.
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