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Intractable ventricular tachycardia treated with massive countershock and large doses· of procainamide


J.T. Marshall
B.M. Kennelly

Abstract

Ventricular tachycardia complicating myocardial infarction is a dangerous condition requiring urgent therapy. A case report describes the most challenging therapeutic problem of ventricular tachycardia which we have encountered over the past five years in the Coronary Intensive Care Unit.

S. Afr. Med. J.  48, 305 (1974).

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