Management of cardiac electrical storm: a case report
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چکیده
There is a steady increase in the incidence of intra-cardiac device complications patients with structural heart diseases. Cardiac electrical storm associated deleterious clinical and psychological sequelae. Management can be challenging resource-poor environment. Old anti-arrhythmic medications still effective when conventional ones fail.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Advances in Medicine
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2349-3925', '2349-3933']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-3933.ijam20222666