Resetting of Cardiac Ventricular Tachycardia Storm with Intravenous Potassium Chloride: A Case Report

• 作者: Gal Sella Sharon L. Kracoff
• 来源期刊: 临床医学病理报告(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: VT STORM ARRHYTHMIA Potassium HYPOKALEMIA
• 年，卷（期）: 2018,（2）
• 页码范围: 154-161
• 页数: 8页
• 分类号: R5

摘要

Ventricular Tachycardia Storm (VTS) with hemodynamic instability is a life-threatening arrhythmia more often presents in patients with structural heart disease. Lack of response to cardioversion and/or antiarrhythmic drugs will have fatal consequences. We report a case of a hemodynamically unstable patient with Ventricular Tachycardia Storm refractory to intravenous antiarrhythmic medications, which finally responded to a slow bolus of IV potassium chloride. This case emphasizes the importance of identifying an electrolyte imbalance as a possible cause of a Ventricular Tachycardia storm and its rapid correction as an addition to the usual pharmacological treatment.