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- Title
Control of Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia with Biventricular Assist Devices.
- Authors
Geannopoulos, Chris J.; Wilber, David J.; Olshansky, Brian
- Abstract
A 65-year-old man developed incessant ventricular tachycardia following coronary artery bypass grafting while being weaned from cardiopulmonary bypass. The arrhythmia was refractory to pro-cainamide, lidocaine, bretylium, and magnesium. Ventricular tachycardia subsided following reinitiation of cardiopulmonary bypass. Ultimately, the patient required ventricular assist devices to control his arrhythmia. This case is unique as the ventricular assist devices were used not for hemodynamic support, but for arrhythmia control. The mechanism of arrhythmia suppression may he related to contraction-excitation coupling.
- Subjects
VENTRICULAR tachycardia; CORONARY artery bypass; CARDIOPULMONARY bypass; ARRHYTHMIA; HEART diseases
- Publication
Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology, 1991, Vol 14, Issue 9, p1432
- ISSN
0147-8389
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-8159.1991.tb02889.x