A 49-year-old woman with multiple episodes of ventricular fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, and Torsades de Pointes, requiring 211 defibrillatory shocks.
Moore
Lori Prewitt
LP
University of South Alabama Medical Center, Mobile, Ala 36617, USA. loripmoore@comcast.net
Heins
Janet Kaye
JK
Heins
Alan
A
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000150:complications; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004554:Electric Countershock; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016171:Torsades de Pointes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014218:Triage; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology*