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      Catecholamine-Sensitive Right Ventricular Tachycardia in the Absence of Structural Heart Disease: A Mechanism of Exercise-Induced Cardiac Arrest

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          Abstract

          A case of exercise-induced cardiac arrest secondary to catecholamine-sensitive right ventricular tachycardia in the absence of apparent structural heart disease is presented. Amiodarone therapy prevented tachycardia induction, symptoms and clinical events despite a return to vigorous exercise.

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          Journal
          CRD
          Cardiology
          10.1159/issn.0008-6312
          Cardiology
          S. Karger AG
          0008-6312
          1421-9751
          1991
          1991
          12 November 2008
          : 79
          : 3
          : 237-243
          Affiliations
          Divisions of Cardiology, Veterans Administration Medical Centers, Long Beach and West Los Angeles, Calif., USA
          Article
          174883 Cardiology 1991;79:237–243
          10.1159/000174883
          1769039
          81a07088-1574-4578-89c9-ba71d59a0b70
          © 1991 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          History
          : 10 April 1991
          : 17 April 1991
          Page count
          Pages: 7
          Categories
          Case Report

          General medicine,Neurology,Cardiovascular Medicine,Internal medicine,Nephrology
          Exercise,Cardiac arrest,Ventricular tachycardia,Adenosine,Amiodarone,Sudden death,Catecholamines

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