Electrical storm of monomorphic ventricular tachycardia after a cardiac-resynchronization-therapy-defibrillator upgrade

Europace

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 625-628

  Kantharia, Bharat K ^a,b   Patel, Jigar A ^a   Nagra, Bipinpreet S ^a   Ledley, Gary S ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti arrhythmic agents; Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Cardiomyopathy; Congestive heart failure; Proarrhythmia; Radiofrequency ablation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; LIDOCAINE; MEXILETINE; PROCAINAMIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY SINUS; DEATH; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE REMOVAL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CATHETER ABLATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 33748063311     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eul049     Document Type: Article

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