Inhibition of tachytherapy during ventricular tachycardia in a patient with a functioning dual-chamber ICD: what is the mechanism?

Heart Rhythm. 2012 Mar;9(3):467-9. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.09.018. Epub 2011 Sep 13.

Authors

Matthew Needleman¹, Ronald D Berger, Alan Cheng

Affiliation

¹ Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.

PMID: 21920483
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.09.018

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Output
Cardiomyopathies / complications
Cardiomyopathies / physiopathology
Defibrillators, Implantable / adverse effects*
Diuretics / therapeutic use
Equipment Failure Analysis
Heart Failure / drug therapy*
Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Heart Rate
Humans
Injections, Intravenous
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Ischemia / complications
Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology
Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology
Tachycardia, Ventricular / therapy*
Treatment Failure

Substances

Diuretics