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Incessant non‐sustained ventricular tachycardia after stimulus of electroconvulsive therapy with atropine premedication?
Author(s) -
KIM CHOL,
YOKOZUKA MOTOI,
SATO CHIYO,
NAKANISHI KAZUHIRO,
KITAMURA AKIRA,
SAKAMOTO ATSUHIRO
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01708.x
Subject(s) - electroconvulsive therapy , premedication , atropine , anesthesia , asystole , medicine , tachycardia , atrial flutter , bradycardia , cardiology , ventricular tachycardia , atrial fibrillation , heart rate , electroconvulsive shock , blood pressure
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective and safe treatment for a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders. Premedication with atropine has been recommended in order to avoid bradycardia and transient asystole induced by ECT. In contrast, some other arrhythmias can happen such as atrial flutter and fibrillation. But ventricular tachycardia is rare. Reported herein is a case of incessant non‐sustained ventricular tachycardia, possibly triggered by atropine premedication.