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Efficacy of disopyramide phosphate in the treatment of refractory ventricular tachycardia.

Abstract
The effects of intravenously administered disopyramide phosphate were evaluated in seven patients with refractory ventricular tachycardia. All patients had organic heart disease, including acute infarction (three patients), chronic coronary artery disease (two patients) and cardiomyopathy (two patients). The severity of the heart disease was reflected in the advanced patient age (average 64 years) and the occurrence before disopyramide therapy of cardiac arrest in five patients and congestive heart failure in all seven patients. In five patients, disopyramide was given as a bolus injection, 2 mg/kg body weight, followed by an infusion of 20 to 40 mg/hour. The final two patients received 4 mg/kg divided as a bolus injection and an infusion over 1 hour followed by a 0.4 mg/kg infusion during the next hour. Intravenous administration of disopyramide resulted in more effective electrical stability in all patients and completely eliminated ventricular tachycardia in six. Recurrence of ventricular tachycardia was prevented in six patients with subsequent long-term oral administration of disopyramide. Possible dose-related cardiac pump depression occurred in two patients, but disopyramide was otherwise well tolerated. Therefore, these data document the therapeutic efficacy of disopyramide in the treatment of refractory life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias.
AuthorsL A Vismara, Z Vera, R R Miller, D T Mason
JournalThe American journal of cardiology (Am J Cardiol) Vol. 39 Issue 7 Pg. 1027-34 (Jun 1977) ISSN: 0002-9149 [Print] United States
PMID326016 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Phosphates
  • Pyridines
  • Disopyramide
Topics
  • Aged
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Coronary Disease (complications)
  • Disopyramide (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
  • Drug Evaluation
  • Heart Failure (complications)
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction (drug therapy)
  • Phosphates (therapeutic use)
  • Pyridines (therapeutic use)
  • Tachycardia (drug therapy, etiology)

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