Ashwini K Ukey

Abstract

Ventricular tachycardia storm is a life threatening emergent condition mostly unresponsive to medical management and implantable cardioverter defibrillator. Sustained arrythmias lead to severe cardiac dysfunction, low output states and may contribute to multi organ failure. Stellate ganglion block either left sided or bilateral has been known to revert such ventricular tachycardia storm. We report 2 cases that had presented with sustained ventricular tachycardia with severe left ventricular dysfunction who failed to respond to medical management and were successfully treated with USG guided stellate ganglion block. Keywords: Stellate ganglion block, Ultrasound, Ventricular tachycardia storm

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