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Pause Dependent Ventricular Tachycardia Resultant from Carotid Sinus Massage
Author(s) -
FOX MARSHAL,
VERGA TREVOR,
JADONATH RAM,
BELDNER STUART
Publication year - 2008
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.1540-8159.2008.01004.x
Subject(s) - medicine , carotid sinus , massage , cardiology , atrial flutter , atrial fibrillation , sinus tachycardia , sinus (botany) , tachycardia , anesthesia , blood pressure , pathology , botany , alternative medicine , biology , genus
In this report we describe a case of atrial flutter degenerating into ventricular fibrillation after carotid sinus pressure. Carotid sinus massage is an extremely valuable and widely used diagnostic and therapeutic modality. Although generally considered a rather benign maneuver, it is not without potential risk.