title: Torsades de pointes therapy with phenytoin.
abstract: We present the case of a woman with myocardial infarction complicated by malignant ventricular arrhythmia and torsades de pointes. The torsades de pointes was refractory to conventional therapy but responsive to phenytoin. This case suggests the clinical usefulness of phenytoin for adjunct therapy of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias when standard treatment modalities fail.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Presbyterian-University Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213.
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Vukmir
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Stein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D010672:Phenytoin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000209:etiology; D016171:Torsades de Pointes / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D010672:Phenytoin