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What are treatment options for this rhythm, when all else fails?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This progressed to electrical storm , with incessant PolyMorphic Ventricular Tachycardia ( PMVT ) and recurrent episodes of Ventricular Fibrillation ( VFib ). The patient improved, and on Day-11 of the hospital stay — he was off inotropes and on a small dose of a ß-blocker. He required multiple defibrillations within a period of a few hours.

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Cardioneuroablation for pediatric patients with functional sinus node dysfunction and paroxysmal atrioventricular block

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Cardioneuroablation (CNA) is a catheter-based intervention, used to identify and ablate the epicardial ganglionated plexi (GP), which results in disruption of the vagal-mediated parasympathetic input to the sinus and atrioventricular node. with one documented SP after termination of atrial tachycardia at the 3-month follow-up.