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SUBMITTER: Kise H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6009772 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kise Hiroaki H Ohno Seiko S Kono Yosuke Y Yoshizawa Masashi M Harama Daisuke D Okafuji Asami A Toda Takako T Koizumi Keiichi K Hoshiai Minako M Sugita Kanji K Horie Minoru M
Journal of arrhythmia 20180514 3
A 10-month-old infant experienced cardiac arrest caused by ventricular fibrillation (VF). His electrocardiogram (ECG) at rest was within the normal range. Amiodarone was indispensable due to its refractoriness to defibrillation. After implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation, ICD shock was delivered. ICD recordings documented VF and ventricular tachycardia (VT) triggered by premature ventricular contractions with an extremely short coupling interval (240 ms), which were controll ...[more]