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Bedside Termination of Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia by Transesophageal Atrial Pacing
Author(s) -
KATZ AMOS,
KNILANS TIMOTHY K.,
PRYSTOWSKY ERIC N.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1992.tb03073.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardioversion , cardiology , ventricular tachycardia , tachycardia , atrial tachycardia , anesthesia , atrial fibrillation , catheter ablation
Transesophageal atrial pacing was used to terminate hemodynamically stable sustained mono‐morphic ventricular tachycardia in two patients. The procedure was performed at the bedside, no anesthesia was required, there were no complications, and one of the patients went home after the procedure was performed. This method should be considered prior to using direct current cardioversion in patients with hemodynamically stable sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia.