Sotalol: A rescue drug in the face of life-threatening refractory ventricular tachycardia

Sotalol: A rescue drug in the face of life-threatening refractory ventricular tachycardia

We describe postoperative refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT) in a patient following aortic and mitral valve replacement. Following an uneventful separation from cardiopulmonary bypass with dobutamine, the patient developed recurrent VT, 4 hours into the postoperative period. The VT did not resp...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ashok Kandasamy, Sukumar Arumugham, Harshavardhan Krupanandha, Bhaktavatsala Reddy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Amiodarone; Cardioversion; Double valve replacement; Refractory ventricular tachycardia; Sotalol
Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2014;volume=17;issue=2;spage=170;epage=172;aulast=Kandasamy

Internet

http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2014;volume=17;issue=2;spage=170;epage=172;aulast=Kandasamy

Similar Items