Abstract
We present a case of a 40-year-old man who was brought to our hospital after a sudden cardiac arrest. He had a history of human immunodeficiency virus infection and was receiving treatment with antiretroviral drugs with good compliance, showing an undetectable virus load in a test done 1 month earlier. The patient did not feel well in the morning and went to a walk-in clinic. While waiting to be assessed at the primary care center, the patient suddenly lost consciousness. Resuscitation protocol was started, and the first rhythm on the arrival of emergency services was a ventricular fibrillation. After 3 shocks, sinusal rhythm was restored. Although the patient breathed spontaneously, he was hemodynamically unstable so he was sedated and orally intubated. At admission in our hospital, …
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