A case of electrical storm in a liver transplant patient.
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Schmidt, TD; Muir, AJ
Published in: Transplant Proc
June 2003
Electrical storm has not been well described in liver transplant patients. We present a case of sympathetically mediated recurrent ventricular fibrillation in a young patient transplanted for acute Wilson's disease. This case highlights the role of the sympathetic nervous system in causing electrical storm and it demonstrates the ability of beta-blocking agents to terminate the event. In young liver transplant patients, beta-blocking agents should be considered for therapy of perioperative electrical storm if there is no known structural or coronary heart disease and when there are no risk factors for, or evidences of, torsades de pointes.
Duke Scholars
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Transplant Proc
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ISSN
0041-1345
Publication Date
June 2003
Volume
35
Issue
4
Start / End Page
1437 / 1438
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Treatment Outcome
- Metoprolol
- Liver Transplantation
- Intraoperative Complications
- Humans
- Hepatolenticular Degeneration
- Female
- Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
- Adolescent
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Schmidt, T. D., & Muir, A. J. (2003). A case of electrical storm in a liver transplant patient. Transplant Proc, 35(4), 1437–1438. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0041-1345(03)00462-7
Schmidt, T. D., and A. J. Muir. “A case of electrical storm in a liver transplant patient.” Transplant Proc 35, no. 4 (June 2003): 1437–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0041-1345(03)00462-7.
Schmidt TD, Muir AJ. A case of electrical storm in a liver transplant patient. Transplant Proc. 2003 Jun;35(4):1437–8.
Schmidt, T. D., and A. J. Muir. “A case of electrical storm in a liver transplant patient.” Transplant Proc, vol. 35, no. 4, June 2003, pp. 1437–38. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0041-1345(03)00462-7.
Schmidt TD, Muir AJ. A case of electrical storm in a liver transplant patient. Transplant Proc. 2003 Jun;35(4):1437–1438.
Published In
Transplant Proc
DOI
ISSN
0041-1345
Publication Date
June 2003
Volume
35
Issue
4
Start / End Page
1437 / 1438
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Treatment Outcome
- Metoprolol
- Liver Transplantation
- Intraoperative Complications
- Humans
- Hepatolenticular Degeneration
- Female
- Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
- Adolescent