Termination of Electrical Storm After Double Valve Replacement Using Sympathectomy
Open Access
- 1 January 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Forum Multimedia Publishing LLC in The Heart Surgery Forum
- Vol. 23 (1), E50-E52
- https://doi.org/10.1532/hsf.2775
Abstract
Electrical storm is a fatal condition unless aborted. Various treatments are available, each with its own limitations. Here, we present a case in which all forms of therapy failed except sympathectomy, which terminated the storm successfully.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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