Resistant Ventricular Arrhythmia and the Role of Overdrive Pacing in the Suppression of the Electrical Storm
Joint Authors
Magdi, Mohamed
Mubasher, Mahmood
Alzaeem, Hakam
Hamid, Tahir
Source
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-4, 4 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-05-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Ventricular arrhythmia storm is a state of cardiac instability characterized by multiple ventricular arrhythmias or multiple ICD therapies within a 24-hour duration.
Management of this life-threatening state depends on the reversal of the cause besides either electrical or medical management of the arrhythmia.
We report a case of a 54-year-old male who underwent a percutaneous coronary intervention following massive acute myocardial infarction.
Afterwards, he developed frequent life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias that required multiple shocks and antiarrhythmic medications.
Despite all these interventions, it was very difficult to control the electrical instability, but after overdrive ventricular pacing, the storm subsided and within a few days the case was stabilized.
Overdrive pacing is an easy temporary modality to control the resistant arrhythmia following myocardial infarction.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Magdi, Mohamed& Mubasher, Mahmood& Alzaeem, Hakam& Hamid, Tahir. 2019. Resistant Ventricular Arrhythmia and the Role of Overdrive Pacing in the Suppression of the Electrical Storm. Case Reports in Cardiology،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-4.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Magdi, Mohamed…[et al.]. Resistant Ventricular Arrhythmia and the Role of Overdrive Pacing in the Suppression of the Electrical Storm. Case Reports in Cardiology No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1133886
American Medical Association (AMA)
Magdi, Mohamed& Mubasher, Mahmood& Alzaeem, Hakam& Hamid, Tahir. Resistant Ventricular Arrhythmia and the Role of Overdrive Pacing in the Suppression of the Electrical Storm. Case Reports in Cardiology. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1133886
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1133886