Strategy of emergency termination for refractory tachyarrhythmia / 心血管康复医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the methods of emergency terminating refractory tachyarrhythmia.Methods:Data of 117 cases,Who received emergency termination of tachyarrhythmia in emergency department of Taihe Hospital in the last five years,Were summarized and revieWed.Results:All 117 cases With tachyarrhythmia Were successfully terminated in emergency.A total of 21 cases (17.9%)Were successfully terminated in emergency using tWo or more methods (12 cases With supraventricular tachycardia,five cases With ventricular tachycardia,one case With atrial flutter and three cases With atrial fibrillation),in these patients concluded as refractory tachyarrhythmia,five pa-tients (23.8%)Were terminated via synchronous electrical cardioversion.Conclusion:Termination of refractory tachyarrhythmia needs individualization treatment strategy,its treatment may be drugs first and then electrical car-dioversion,or electrical cardioversion directly if necessary.