Author(s)

Gal Sella^1*, Sharon L. Kracoff²

¹Department of Cardiology, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.
²Department of Anesthesiology, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.

Ventricular Tachycardia Storm (VTS) with hemodynamic instability is a life-threatening arrhythmia more often presents in patients with structural heart disease. Lack of response to cardioversion and/or antiarrhythmic drugs will have fatal consequences. We report a case of a hemodynamically unstable patient with Ventricular Tachycardia Storm refractory to intravenous antiarrhythmic medications, which finally responded to a slow bolus of IV potassium chloride. This case emphasizes the importance of identifying an electrolyte imbalance as a possible cause of a Ventricular Tachycardia storm and its rapid correction as an addition to the usual pharmacological treatment.

VT Storm, Arrhythmia, Potassium, Hypokalemia

Sella, G. and Kracoff, S. (2018) Resetting of Cardiac Ventricular Tachycardia Storm with Intravenous Potassium Chloride: A Case Report. Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, 7, 154-161. doi: 10.4236/crcm.2018.72013.