A Recalcitrant Electrical Storm and Implantable Defibrillator Exhaustion

JACC: Case Reports

Georgios Georgiopoulos, MD¹  Christos Kontogiannis, MD²  Marinos Kosmopoulos, MD³  Ioannis Paraskevaidis, MD³  Sofia Chatzidou, MD³  Konstantinos Tampakis, MD³  Panagiotis Vasileiou, MD³  Hector Anninos, MD³  Christos Papageorgiou, MD³  Ioannis Kanakakis, MD³ 

[1] Department of Clinical Therapeutics, “Alexandra” Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece;Address for correspondence: Dr. Christos Kontogiannis, “Alexandra” Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, 80 Vassilisis Sofias str, Athens 10431, Greece.;Department of Clinical Therapeutics, “Alexandra” Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece;

关键词: beta-blocker;    electrical storm;    implantable cardioverter defibrillator;    ventricular arrhythmia;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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 in hemodynamically stable patients before interventional therapies. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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