TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson, Matthew 
TI  - The imperfect storm: An uncommon presentation of Chagas disease
SN  - 0735-6757
PY  - 2022///
KW  - IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXED
KW  - MedStar Washington Hospital Center
KW  - Emergency Medicine Residency
KW  - Case Reports
N2  - Electrical storm is defined as three or more sustained episodes of ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, or appropriate cardioverter-defibrillator shocks during a 24-h period. These patients are notoriously difficult to manage. We present a case secondary to Chagas disease that was responsive to lidocaine. Although an uncommon presentation, given the large-scale population movement from South America, Chagas has an increased incidence and is an important diagnostic consideration in patients with new onset heart failure, arrhythmia, or electrical storm. Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier Inc
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2022.08.011
ER  -