Why the study?
Does lidocaine or adenosine effectively improve the termination rate of spontaneous sustained stable ventricular tachycardia?
Population
40 patients with spontaneous sustained stable ventricular tachycardia treated across 5 hospitals.
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Lidocaine shows low termination rates in stable VT, especially post-MI; leaves open adenosine efficacy and need for randomized trials.
Does lidocaine or adenosine effectively improve the termination rate of spontaneous sustained stable ventricular tachycardia?
Lidocaine has a low efficacy rate (17%) for terminating spontaneous sustained stable ventricular tachycardia, particularly in patients with a history of myocardial infarction.
Marill et al. (1997) studied this question.
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