Repetitive monomorphic ventricular tachycardia aborted by sleep

R J Bain; R G Murray

doi:10.1016/0167-5273(88)90088-5

Repetitive monomorphic ventricular tachycardia aborted by sleep

Int J Cardiol. 1988 May;19(2):263-5. doi: 10.1016/0167-5273(88)90088-5.

Authors

R J Bain¹, R G Murray

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, East Birmingham Hospital, U.K.

PMID: 2897344
DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(88)90088-5

Abstract

A 43-year-old woman with a 12-year history of palpitation was found to have recurrent monomorphic ventricular tachycardia resistant to beta-blockade but abolished by sleep.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / therapeutic use
Adult
Electrocardiography
Female
Humans
Sleep / physiology*
Tachycardia / drug therapy
Tachycardia / physiopathology*

Substances

Adrenergic beta-Antagonists