Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia, a very rare and severe complication of digoxin poisoning

Pablo Nicolás-Morales^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain. pablo.nicolas@vallhebron.cat.
² Shock, Organ Dysfunction and Resuscitation Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain. pablo.nicolas@vallhebron.cat.
³ Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Unit, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain. pablo.nicolas@vallhebron.cat.
⁴ Critical Care Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain. pablo.nicolas@vallhebron.cat.
⁵ Intensive Care Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.
⁶ Shock, Organ Dysfunction and Resuscitation Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.
⁷ Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Unit, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.
⁸ Critical Care Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.

Pablo Nicolás-Morales et al. Intensive Care Med. 2025 May.

. 2025 May;51(5):960-962.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-025-07879-0. Epub 2025 Apr 22.

Pablo Nicolás-Morales^{1

2

3

4}, Pau Torrella^{5

6

7

8}, Xavier Peris Cuello^{5

6

7

8}

¹ Intensive Care Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain. pablo.nicolas@vallhebron.cat.
² Shock, Organ Dysfunction and Resuscitation Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain. pablo.nicolas@vallhebron.cat.
³ Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Unit, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain. pablo.nicolas@vallhebron.cat.
⁴ Critical Care Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain. pablo.nicolas@vallhebron.cat.
⁵ Intensive Care Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.
⁶ Shock, Organ Dysfunction and Resuscitation Research Group, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.
⁷ Postoperative Cardiac Surgery Unit, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.
⁸ Critical Care Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Conflicts of interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.