A Shocking Complication of a Pneumothorax: Chest Tube-Induced Arrhythmias and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Case	Age	Gender	Comorbidities	EKG	Result
1	36	Female	None	Sinus bradycardia	Death
2	54	Male	30-pack-year smoking history	High grade AV block	Resolved after chest tube was removed
3	35	Male	None, status posttrauma	Atrial fibrillation	Resolved after chest tube was removed
4	54	Male	Cirrhosis, liver transplant	Atrial fibrillation	Resolved after chest tube was removed
5	88	Male	Emphysema, heart disease, ICD	Atrial fibrillation	Resolved after chest tube was removed
6	87	Male	None	Ventricular tachycardia	Resolved after chest tube was removed