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...

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Principais autores:	Ashok Kandasamy, Sukumar Arumugham, Harshavardhan Krupanandha, Bhaktavatsala Reddy
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:	Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Assuntos:	Amiodarone; Cardioversion; Double valve replacement; Refractory ventricular tachycardia; Sotalol
Acceso en liña:	http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2014;volume=17;issue=2;spage=170;epage=172;aulast=Kandasamy
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