Fahhoum Rejina, Abaid Bilal, Ellis Zachary, Lynch Adrieanna Joye, Nichols Antone
Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, USA.
JACC Case Rep. 2024 Aug 21;29(16):102466. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102466.
Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is an arrhythmia associated with sudden cardiac death. VT storm is a complication of persistent VT requiring immediate antiarrhythmic therapy. In refractory cases, adjunctive therapy includes sedation/mechanical ventilation or catheter ablation. This case highlights a patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy in refractory VT storm terminated by administration of ketamine.
室性心动过速(VT)是一种与心源性猝死相关的心律失常。室性心动过速风暴是持续性室性心动过速的一种并发症,需要立即进行抗心律失常治疗。在难治性病例中,辅助治疗包括镇静/机械通气或导管消融。本病例突出了一名患有缺血性心肌病的患者,其难治性室性心动过速风暴通过给予氯胺酮而终止。