RT Book, Section
A1 John, Roy M.
A1 Stevenson, William G.
A2 Jameson, J. Larry
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Hauser, Stephen L.
A2 Longo, Dan L.
A2 Loscalzo, Joseph
SR Print(0)
ID 1156562533
T1 Electrical Storm and Incessant VT
T2 Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259644016
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1156562533
RD 2024/04/19
AB Electrical  storm  or  ventricular  tachycardia  (VT)  storm  refers  to  the  occurrence  of  three  or  more  episodes  of  VT  or  ventricular  fibrillation  (VF)  within  24  h.  This  severity  of  electrical  instability  is  associated  with  a  high  mortality  and  requires  prompt  therapeutic  intervention.  Electrical  storms  occur  in  4%  of  patients  with  a  primary  prevention  implantable  cardioverter  defibrillator  (ICD)  but  in  as  many  as  20%  of  patients  with  a  history  of  known  VT  or  resuscitated  sudden  death.