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Treatment of Ventricular Arrhythmia by Permanent Atrial Pacemaker and Cardiac Sympathectomy
- DOUGLAS P. ZIPES, M.D.;
- BARRY FESTOFF, M.D.;
- STEPHEN F. SCHAAL, M.D.;
- CLYDE COX, M.D.;
- WILL C. SEALY, M.D.; and
- ANDREW G. WALLACE, M.D.
- Requests for reprints should be sent to Andrew G. Wallace, M.D., Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N. C. 27706.
SUMMARY
A case of a patient with recurrent paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia fibrillation is presented, and the three modes of therapy used to achieve complete suppression of the ectopic ventricular foci—pacing, cardiac sympathetic denervation, and beta-adrenergic blockade—are reviewed.
Article and Author Information
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From the Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N. C.
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This work was supported in part by grants K3-HE-19, 949, HE-7563, and HE-05369, National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., and by the John A. Hartford and John and Mary Markle Foundations.
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- Received August 8, 1967.
- Accepted October 31, 1967.
