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Case Reports
. 2022 Jul 6:11:100272.
doi: 10.1016/j.resplu.2022.100272. eCollection 2022 Sep.

Amiodarone induced movement disorder after cardiac arrest - A case report

Cecelia R Ratay  1 , Ankur A Doshi  1 , Alexis Steinberg  1   2   3 , David Kaczorowski  4 , Dennis P Phillips  5 , Zachary J Rhinehart  6 , Jessica Fozard  2 , Ryan M Rivosecchi  7 , Kimberly W Schatz  6 , Katherine D Bahl  6 , Paul Schwarm  8 , Patrick J Coppler  1
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Amiodarone induced movement disorder after cardiac arrest - A case report

Cecelia R Ratay et al. Resusc Plus. .

Abstract

We describe a case of new onset movement disorder in a patient with ventricular tachycardia storm supported with peripheral VA ECMO. The differential diagnosis of abnormal movements in a post cardiac arrest patient requiring temporary mechanical circulatory support for cardiogenic shock is explored.

Keywords: Amiodarone; Cardiac transplant; Cardiomyopathy; ECMO; Seizures; Ventricular tachycardia.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Fig. 1
Initial electroencephalography, Background is continuous, variable and reactive (solid bar) with onset of tremor (arrow) and myogenic artifact (dotted bar).
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Initial brain CT. Grey to white differentiation was maintained and no findings suggestive of anoxic brain injury were noted. A short interval CT was obtained without evidence of evolving infarction or hemorrhage.
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