Title
Efficacy of verapamil in sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia
Other title
EFICACIA DEL VERAPAMILO EN LA TAQUICARDIA VENTRICULAR MONOMORFA SOSTENIDA
Date Issued
01 January 1994
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Rumoroso J.R.
Bodegas A.
Subinas J.
Montes P.M.
Sanz R.
Rodrigo D.
Barrenetxea
Abstract
We present a 36 year-old male without overt cardiac disease who suffered, since he was 15 years-old, from sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia of left bundle branch block with a right axis, lasting for several hours; sometimes, syncope was a clinical form of manifestation. Electrophysiologic study, twenty-four hours Holter recording, cardiac catheterization and blood analysis were not useful in order to find its etiology. Efficacy of different drugs, like Mexiletil, Amiodarone, Atenolol and Verapamil (at a dose of 240 mg/day) were tested through multistaged graded-treadmill stress-testing using the Bruce protocol. Ventricular tachycardia was suppressed by administration of Lidocaine. Oral verapamil given at a dose of 360 mg/day prevented the induction of the arrhythmia, the efficacy was tested with maximal treadmill exercise and twenty-four hours Holter recording.
Start page
633
End page
635
Volume
47
Issue
9
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Farmacología, Farmacia
Sistema cardiaco, Sistema cardiovascular
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0028108062
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Espanola de Cardiologia
ISSN of the container
03008932
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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