Three cases of corticosteroid therapy triggering ventricular fibrillation in J-wave syndromes
著者
坂本, 央
(Sakamoto, Naka)
佐藤, 伸之
(Sato, Nobuyuki)
後藤, 全英
(Goto, Masahide)
Kobayashi, Motoi
竹原, 有史
(Takehara, Naofumi)
竹内, 利治
(Takeuchi, Toshiharu)
Ahmed Karim, Talib
杉山, 英太郎
(Sugiyama, Eitaro)
蓑島, 暁帆
(Minoshima, Akiho)
田辺, 康子
(Tanabe, Yasuko)
赤坂, 和美
(Akasaka, Kazumi)
川辺, 淳一
(Kawabe, Junichi)
川村, 祐一郎
(Kawamura, Yuichiro)
土井, 敦
(Doi, Atsushi)
長谷部, 直幸
(Hasebe, Naoyuki)
上位タイトル
Heart and Vessels
Vol.29,
No.6
(2014.
11)
,p.867-
872
識別番号
ISSN
0910-8327
DOI
10.1007/s00380-013-0443-x
その他
PMID:24281399
抄録
We describe three cases of J-wave syndrome in which ventricular fibrillation (VF) was probably induced by corticosteroid therapy. The patients involved were being treated with prednisolone for concomitant bronchial asthma. One of the three patients had only one episode of VF during her long follow-up period (14 years). Two patients had hypokalemia during their VF episodes. Corticosteroids have been shown to induce various types of arrhythmia and to modify cardiac potassium channels. We discuss the possible association between corticosteroid therapy and VF in J-wave syndrome based on the cases we have encountered.
