Intravenous magnesium sulfate for acute termination of sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia associated with coronary artery disease

Authors
Farouque, HMO Sanders, P Young, GD
Citation
Hmo. Farouque et al., Intravenous magnesium sulfate for acute termination of sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia associated with coronary artery disease, AM J CARD, 86(11), 2000, pp. 1270
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Cardiovascular & Hematology Research
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00029149 → ACNP
Volume
86
Issue
11
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(200012)86:11<1270:IMSFAT>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The efficacy of intravenous magnesium in terminating sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia was examined in this study. This therapy was found to be ineffective in aborting monomorphic ventricular tachycardia induced i n the electrophysiology laboratory.