Electrical storm in the inflamed heart: ventricular tachycardia due to myocarditis

Electrical storm during the acute inflammatory phase caused by myocarditis may be resistant to antiarrhythmic therapy. Cardiac imaging including magnetic resonance tomography, positron emission tomography, and endomyocardial biopsy are crucial to guide potential therapeutic options. Optimal management involves a multidisciplinary approach, including expertise beyond cardiology.

• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Clinical Case Reports

• Publication date

  2017-07-03

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1002/ccr3.1071PMID 28781852PMCID 5538064
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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