Atorvastatin‐Associated Severe Bradyarrhythmia Following Multiorgan Dysfunction: A Case Report
Xiao‐Qing Kou, Yan‐Zhen Wang, Yi‐Rong Gan, Yun‐Long Zhang, Shu‐Yun He, Zheng Zhang · 2026
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Kou and colleagues report a 2026 case of a 66-year-old man who kept raising his own cholesterol drug dose. He took atorvastatin at eighty milligrams daily for two weeks, four times his prescribed dose, without medical advice. He arrived after fainting, and heart tracings showed sinus arrest, where the heart's natural pacemaker pauses, with only a backup rhythm keeping him alive.
Tests also showed acute liver and kidney dysfunction, disturbed salts, and clotting problems. Inflammation markers were high, while other common causes were not supported. Temporary pacing and supportive care restored his organs, but the sinus arrest persisted, so a permanent pacemaker was implanted. A year later his own rhythm had partly recovered, though the device still worked about a fifth of the time at gentler settings. The authors urge warning patients never to self-adjust statin doses.
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| CREATOR | Xiao‐Qing Kou, Yan‐Zhen Wang, Yi‐Rong Gan, Yun‐Long Zhang, Shu‐Yun He, Zheng Zhang |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 18 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |