Stabilization of cardiac rhythm in subsequently fatal ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation by calcitonin gene-related peptide

Int J Cardiol. 1992 Jan;34(1):101-3. doi: 10.1016/0167-5273(92)90089-l.

Abstract

A potentially fatal arrhythmia was encountered in a patient with a previous myocardial infarction, who was resistant to treatment with lidocaine, amiodarone and electric defibrillation. Calcitonin gene-related peptide stabilized ventricular fibrillation and flutter, but the patient subsequently died.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amiodarone / therapeutic use
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / administration & dosage
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / pharmacology
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide / therapeutic use*
  • Electric Countershock
  • Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
  • Humans
  • Lidocaine / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications*
  • Tachycardia / diagnosis
  • Tachycardia / drug therapy*
  • Tachycardia / etiology
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / diagnosis
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / drug therapy*
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / etiology

Substances

  • Lidocaine
  • Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide
  • Amiodarone