Why the study?
Does intravenous amiodarone terminate and prevent recurrences of sustained ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation in patients with organic heart disease and depressed left ventricular function?
Population
26 patients with recurrent sustained ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation, all presenting…
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
short term
Authors
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May support short-term IV amiodarone for refractory VT/VF in low LVEF; hypothesis-generating case data requiring randomized confirmation.
Does intravenous amiodarone terminate and prevent recurrences of sustained ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation in patients with organic heart disease and depressed left ventricular function?
Intravenous amiodarone is effective for the short-term termination and prevention of refractory sustained ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation in patients with depressed left ventricular function.
Schützenberger et al. (1989) studied this question.
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