Sudden cardiac death despite an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in a young female with catecholaminergic ventricular tachycardia

Heart Rhythm. 2006 Dec;3(12):1486-9. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.08.018. Epub 2006 Aug 25.

Authors

Uwais Mohamed¹, Michael H Gollob, Robert M Gow, Andrew D Krahn

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 17161793
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.08.018

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / therapeutic use
Catecholamines / metabolism*
Child
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
Defibrillators, Implantable*
Electrocardiography
Female
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Mutation
Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / genetics
Tachycardia, Ventricular / complications*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / genetics
Tachycardia, Ventricular / metabolism
Tachycardia, Ventricular / therapy*

Substances

Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
Catecholamines
Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel