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.
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
Yuichi J
YJ
Shimada
Kazutoshi
K
Sato
Sam
S
Hanon
Paul
P
Schweitzer
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