Pilsicainide intoxication presenting as left ventricular dyssynchrony in a patient on hemodialysis.
We report here a case of pilsicainide intoxication presenting as left ventricular dyssynchrony in a patient who had been treated on hemodialysis. This is the first report that assessed cardiac function during pilsicainide intoxication by left ventriculography and right heart catheterization.
Oe
Kotaro
K
Division of Internal Medicine, Houju Memorial Hospital, Nomi, Ishikawa, Japan. kotarooe316@yahoo.co.jp
Nagata
Mitsuru
M
Mori
Kiyoo
K
D000368:Aged; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000506:poisoning*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000506:poisoning; D008297:Male; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis*
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D008012:Lidocaine; C042288:pilsicainide