[Significance of mental factors in paroxysmal ventricular tachycardias].
In this paper is reported on two cases of paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia. The clinical and paraclinical examinations did not reveal any organic heart disease, the psychological one, however, found a very severe neurotic personality disorder. Antiarrhythmic drugs were ineffective in both cases. Meanwhile one female patient went through a brief psychotherapy which dismissed the arrhythmia.
D000328:Adult; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy; D013614:Tachycardia, Paroxysmal / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy
Die Bedeutung psychischer Faktoren bei paroxysmalen Kammertachykardien