• Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci. · Oct 2007

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

    • Chol Kim, Motoi Yokozuka, Chiyo Sato, Kazuhiro Nakanishi, Akira Kitamura, and Atsuhiro Sakamoto.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Nippon Medical School, Sendagi, Tokyo, Japan. ckim@nms.ac.jp
    • Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci. 2007 Oct 1; 61 (5): 564-7.

    AbstractElectroconvulsive 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.

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