Abstract:
:A 60-year-old male patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy experienced an electrical storm 1 month after implantation of an internal cardioverter-defibrillator. Recurrent life-threatening episodes of ventricular tachycardia persisted despite maximal antiarrhythmic theraphy with amiodarone, metoprolol and mexiletine. After a total of more than 500 cardioversions, all antiarrhythmic medications were withdrawn, and the nonselective beta-blocker propranolol was initiated. Electrical stability was achieved and the patient was discharged on propranolol 400 mg/day. Two months later, a second arrhythmia cluster occurred that was controlled by the addition of amiodarone. The patient remains free of arrhythmia 15 months after the event with the combination of propranolol and amiodarone.
journal_name
Int J Cardioljournal_title
International journal of cardiologyauthors
Tsagalou EP,Kanakakis J,Rokas S,Anastasiou-Nana MIdoi
10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.11.033subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2005-03-18 00:00:00pages
341-2issue
2eissn
0167-5273issn
1874-1754pii
S0167527304001500journal_volume
99pub_type
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