Termination of recurrent ventricular tachycardia by continuous positive airway pressure ventilation.
We report a case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with recurrent ventricular tachycardia that resolved after initiating continuous positive airway pressure therapy.
Shimada
Yuichi J
YJ
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Medical Center, University Hospital and Manhattan Campus for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10003, USA. yshimada@chpnet.org
Sato
Kazutoshi
K
Hanon
Sam
S
Schweitzer
Paul
P
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000368:Aged; D000638:Amiodarone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002227:Carbazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications; D000077261:Carvedilol; D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure / Q000379:methods*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012008:Recurrence; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D013015:Sotalol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D002227:Carbazoles; D011412:Propanolamines; D000077261:Carvedilol; D013015:Sotalol; D000638:Amiodarone