Reply to the Editor — Give to Caesar What Belongs to Caesar

Belhassen and Tovia-Brodie commented on our study on malignant Purkinje ectopy after ajmaline or flecainide infusion in a cohort of patients with different ventricular arrhythmias. By making reference to Julius Caesar (The Gospels), they mention the omission of a case report by Tsuchiya et  al showing polymorphic and monomorphic ventricular tachycardia induced by pilsicainide, another sodium blocker. Noteworthy, individual cases using doxepin (inhibitor of HERG channel), lidocaine (sodium blocker), atropine, isoproterenol, or electrolytic disturbance (hypokalemia) have also been repo rted earlier,1–3 and here we mentioned a case induced by propofol used during anesthesia.
Source: Heart Rhythm - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Source Type: research