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![]() Pacing and Clinical ElectrophysiologyVolume 22 Issue 4, Pages 665 - 667 Published Online: 30 Jun 2006 © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Abstract | References | Full Text: PDF (Size: 197K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking Intravenous Amiodarone Suppression of Electrical Storm Refractory to Chronic Oral Amiodarone Copyright 1999 Official journal of the International Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology Society KEYWORDS ventricular tachycardia • amiodarone • implanted cardiac defibrillator ABSTRACTWe report the case of an electrical storm in a cardiac arrest survivor with an ICD, in whom chronic oral amiodarone failed to suppress ventricular arrhythmias, and in whom intravenous amiodarone resulted in stability for 6 weeks prior to successful cardiac transplantation. Intravenous amiodarone can be successful in suppressing life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias, even when chronic oral amiodarone is unsuccessful. Received April 9, 1997; revised July 2, 1997; accepted August 20, 1997 |