Verapamil decreases ventricular tachyarrhythmias in a patient with Timothy syndrome (LQT8)

Heart Rhythm. 2006 Aug;3(8):967-70. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.04.024. Epub 2006 Apr 29.

Authors

Avrum Jacobs¹, Bradley P Knight, Karen T McDonald, Martin C Burke

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.

PMID: 16876748
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.04.024

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / therapeutic use
Adult
Calcium Channel Blockers / therapeutic use*
Combined Modality Therapy
Defibrillators, Implantable
Electrocardiography
Heart Arrest / drug therapy
Heart Arrest / etiology
Humans
Long QT Syndrome / complications
Long QT Syndrome / drug therapy*
Long QT Syndrome / physiopathology
Male
Metoprolol / therapeutic use
Reoperation
Syncope / drug therapy
Syncope / etiology
Ventricular Fibrillation / drug therapy*
Ventricular Fibrillation / etiology
Ventricular Fibrillation / physiopathology
Verapamil / therapeutic use*

Substances

Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
Calcium Channel Blockers
Verapamil
Metoprolol