Unusual Incessant Ventricular Tachycardia: What Is the Underlying Cause and the Possible Mechanism?

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2015 Dec;8(6):1507-11. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.115.002886.
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Keywords: heart; sarcoidosis; ventricular tachycardia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Action Potentials
  • Adult
  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • Cardiomyopathies / complications*
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis
  • Cardiomyopathies / physiopathology
  • Cardiomyopathies / therapy
  • Defibrillators, Implantable
  • Electric Countershock / instrumentation
  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart Conduction System / drug effects
  • Heart Conduction System / physiopathology*
  • Heart Rate
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Myocardial Perfusion Imaging / methods
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Sarcoidosis / complications*
  • Sarcoidosis / diagnosis
  • Sarcoidosis / physiopathology
  • Sarcoidosis / therapy
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / diagnosis
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology*
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / physiopathology
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / therapy
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
  • Immunosuppressive Agents