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Case Reports
. 2020 Oct 1:2020:6061958.
doi: 10.1155/2020/6061958. eCollection 2020.

Description of Ventricular Arrhythmia after Taking Herbal Medicines in Middle-Aged Couples

Mohammad Ali Zakeri  1   2 , Vahid Mohammadi  3 , Gholamreza Bazmandegan  4   5 , Maryam Zakeri  6
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Description of Ventricular Arrhythmia after Taking Herbal Medicines in Middle-Aged Couples

Mohammad Ali Zakeri et al. Case Rep Cardiol. .

Abstract

Medicinal herbs and some derivatives have been used in the treatment of heart disease which is rarely responsible for ventricular arrhythmias and cardiac arrest. Ventricular tachycardia (VT) increases the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD). However, only a few reports are available about the cardiac ventricular arrhythmia followed by taking herbal medicines. We present two patients (a couple) without a history of heart disease who referred to the hospital with ventricular arrhythmia.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Male patient's ECG, ventricular arrhythmia (run of VT).
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Figure 2
Female patient's ECG, ventricular arrhythmia (run of VT).
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