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The Management of Electrical Storm in a Patient with Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

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This case describes the steps in the management of a VT storm in a patient with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy using medical therapy, hemodynamic support with an assist device, and VT ablation with entrainment mapping and voltage mapping to achieve noninducibility.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Soroka University Medical Center and Faculty of Health Sciences, Beer Sheva, Israel

    Oholi Tovia-Brodie

  2. Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

    Litsa K. Lambrakos, Raul D. Mitrani & Jeffrey J. Goldberger

  3. Cardiac Electrophysiology Service, Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center, Miami, FL, USA

    Litsa K. Lambrakos

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  1. N. IH 35 3000, St. David’s Medical Center, Austin, TX, USA

    Andrea Natale

  2. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    Paul J. Wang

  3. Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia, Austin, TX, USA

    Amin Al-Ahmad

  4. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    N. A. Mark Estes

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Tovia-Brodie, O., Lambrakos, L.K., Mitrani, R.D., Goldberger, J.J. (2020). The Management of Electrical Storm in a Patient with Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy. In: Natale, A., Wang, P., Al-Ahmad, A., Estes, N. (eds) Cardiac Electrophysiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28533-3_10

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