title: Suppression of electrical storm by biventricular pacing in a patient with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and ventricular tachycardia.
abstract: This study presents a patient with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy who had suffered from multiple ICD shocks. Amiodarone and a beta-blocker failed to suppress ventricular tachycardia. His ECG showed a very wide QRS complex with an intraventricular conduction delay, so biventricular (BV) pacing was attempted. The BV pacing successfully prevented the multiple ICD shocks accompanied with an improvement in left ventricular systolic function and physical activity.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata Graduate University of Medicine, Asahimachi, Niigata 951-8510, Japan. tanabey@med.niigata-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yasutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Masaomi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chinushi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Washizuka
authors.forename: Shirou
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minagawa
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furushima
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hosaka
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Komura
authors.forename: Yoshifusa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aizawa
mesh_terms: D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology