Incessant non-sustained ventricular tachycardia after stimulus of electroconvulsive therapy with atropine premedication?

Authors: KIM, CHOL; YOKOZUKA, MOTOI; SATO, CHIYO; NAKANISHI, KAZUHIRO; KITAMURA, AKIRA; SAKAMOTO, ATSUHIRO

Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Volume 61, Number 5, October 2007 , pp. 564-567(4)

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Abstract:

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is an effective and safe treatment for a variety of neuropsychiatric disorders. Premedication with atropine has been recommended in order to avoid bradycardia and transient asystole induced by ECT. In contrast, some other arrhythmias can happen such as atrial flutter and fibrillation. But ventricular tachycardia is rare. Reported herein is a case of incessant non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, possibly triggered by atropine premedication.

Keywords: atropine premedication; electroconvulsive therapy; incessant non-sustained ventricular tachycardia

Document Type: Short communication

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01708.x

Publication date: 2007-10-01