Electrical storm: A clinical and electrophysiological overview

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World Journal of Cardiology

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World J Cardiol. Sep 26, 2015; 7(9): 555-561
Published online Sep 26, 2015. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v7.i9.555

Electrical storm: A clinical and electrophysiological overview

Sergio Conti, Salvatore Pala, Viviana Biagioli, Giuseppe Del Giorno, Martina Zucchetti, Eleonora Russo, Vittoria Marino, Antonio Dello Russo, Michela Casella, Francesca Pizzamiglio, Valentina Catto, Claudio Tondo, Corrado Carbucicchio

Author contributions: All authors contributed to this manuscript.

Conflict-of-interest statement: None.

Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Correspondence to: Corrado Carbucicchio, MD, FESC, Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Centre, Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS, Via Carlo Parea 4, 20138 Milan, Italy. corrado.carbucicchio@ccfm.it

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Received: May 14, 2015
Peer-review started: May 19, 2015
First decision: June 24, 2015
Revised: July 4, 2015
Accepted: July 29, 2015
Article in press: August 3, 2015
Published online: September 26, 2015
Processing time: 129 Days and 16.8 Hours

Core Tip

Core tip: Electrical storm is an increasingly common and life-threatening syndrome. The proper management of this arrhythmic emergency is related to a comprehensive assessment of each case. In this review we report all the essential aspects regarding the clinical and diagnostic evaluation, pharmacological treatment and, with special emphasis, catheter ablation approaches.