Local Anaesthesia Suppressing Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia: - A Cause of Non-inducible Arrhythmia During Electrophysiology Study

Shomu Bohora; Vishal Poptani; Yash Lokhandwala

doi:10.1016/s0972-6292(16)30693-3

Local Anaesthesia Suppressing Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia: - A Cause of Non-inducible Arrhythmia During Electrophysiology Study

Indian Pacing Electrophysiol J. 2013 Nov 15;13(6):226-30. doi: 10.1016/s0972-6292(16)30693-3. eCollection 2013 Nov.

Authors

Shomu Bohora¹, Vishal Poptani¹, Yash Lokhandwala²

Affiliations

¹ U.N.Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre, Ahmedabad.
² Arrhythmia Associates, Mumbai.

Abstract

A 13 year old boy having idiopathic ventricular tachycardia had non-inducible tachycardia twice on electrophysiology (EP) study due to suppression of arrhythmia by local anaesthetic agent, lignocaine. This case report demonstrates a cause of non-inducibility or arrhythmia during EP study and effect of lignocaine in suppression of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia.

Keywords: Electrophysiology study; Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia; Lignocaine.