Cardiac rhythm disturbance in a depressed patient after implantation with a vagus nerve stimulator

Amy H. Singleton; Peter B. Rosenquist; James Kimball; W. Vaughn McCall

doi:10.1097/YCT.0b013e318193e117

Cardiac rhythm disturbance in a depressed patient after implantation with a vagus nerve stimulator

Amy H. Singleton, Peter B. Rosenquist, James Kimball, W. Vaughn McCall

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Abstract

A 52-year-old woman with a long-standing history of treatment-resistant depression failed multiple courses of electroconvulsive therapy and various trials of antidepressant medications. As a result, the patient was deemed a good candidate for vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy and underwent VNS insertion in May 2006. However, in December 2007, she began to experience recurrent falls and was referred to a cardiologist for a syncope evaluation. During a portable 30-day cardiac event recording, she was noted to have intermittent second- and third-degree heart block with ventricular standstill, which was felt by her cardiologist to be associated with VNS stimulation. We believe this to be the first reported case of heart block related to VNS in a depressed patient.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	195-197
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of ECT
Volume	25
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/YCT.0b013e318193e117
State	Published - Sep 1 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Asystole
Bradycardia
Depression
Electrocardiogram
Rhythm abnormality
VNS
Vagus nerve stimulator

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Neuroscience (miscellaneous)
Psychiatry and Mental health

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