Non-Sustained Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia Induced by Modified Valsalva in a Pregnant Patient with Supraventricular Tachycardia

Corey Lapalmea Paramedic Operations, Peel Regional Paramedic Services, Brampton, Ontario, Canada;b Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4244-2312

Sean Kawa Paramedic Operations, Peel Regional Paramedic Services, Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Ian Drennanb Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;c Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;d Department of Family and Community Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8033-4382

Sheldon Cheskesb Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;d Department of Family and Community Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;e Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7835-3074

Abstract

The modified Valsalva maneuver has been promoted as a safe and effective method for the treatment of supraventricular tachycardia. Serious adverse events associated with the modified Valsalva maneuver are not well documented. Here we report a case of non-sustained polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in a pregnant patient associated with the use of the modified Valsalva maneuver by paramedics in the prehospital setting.

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