Potassium-induced cardiac resetting technique for persistent ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation after aortic declamping.
We report a technique of injecting a high concentration of potassium chloride into the aorta root to resolve refractory ventricular tachycardia after aortic declamping, which occurs occasionally in open heart surgeries. Using this technique, normal sinus rhythm can be restored without the need for defibrillation and aortic clamping.
Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan. watago6633@gmail.com
Go
G
Watanabe
Noriyoshi
N
Yashiki
Shigeyuki
S
Tomita
Shojiro
S
Yamaguchi
D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012996:Solutions; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology
D012996:Solutions; D011189:Potassium Chloride