Use of thoracic epidural anesthesia for management of electrical storm: a case report.

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Published in Heart Rhythm on December 01, 2005

Authors

Aman Mahajan1, James Moore, David A Cesario, Kalyanam Shivkumar

Author Affiliations

1: UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Los Angeles, California, 90095, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation for Prevention of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias (PREVENT VT) | NCT01013714

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