A Recalcitrant Electrical Storm and Implantable Defibrillator Exhaustion

A Recalcitrant Electrical Storm and Implantable Defibrillator Exhaustion

A 60-year-old patient presented with recalcitrant electrical storm (ES). Mild sedation and initial antiarrhythmic combination of esmolol and amiodarone did not affect the intensity of ES, which resulted in battery exhaustion. Oral propranolol in addition to intravenous amiodarone might be preferred...

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Main Authors: Christos Kontogiannis, MD, Georgios Georgiopoulos, MD, Christos Papageorgiou, MD, Hector Anninos, MD, Konstantinos Tampakis, MD, Marinos Kosmopoulos, MD, Panagiotis Vasileiou, MD, Ioannis Kanakakis, MD, Ioannis Paraskevaidis, MD, Sofia Chatzidou, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
beta-blocker
electrical storm
implantable cardioverter defibrillator
ventricular arrhythmia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919303699

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