Two sudden death cases of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia.
It is said that the prognosis of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia (IVT) without organic heart disease is good in general. In this paper, two sudden death cases of IVT are reported. The first case was a 44-year-old male, who was referred to our hospital for further examination and treatment of ventricular tachycardia. Echocardiography did not show obvious organic heart disease. After the patient was diagnosed with IVT, he was given drug therapy at the outpatient clinic. However, about six months later, he died suddenly while playing mahjong late at night. The second case was a 17-year-old male. He was also referred to our hospital by another hospital after being diagnosed with ventricular tachycardia. A diagnosis of IVT was made, for which he was given drug therapy at outpatient clinic. However, the patient discontinued receiving the drug therapy. The patient died suddenly about 3 months after discontinuation of the therapy. Some idiopathic ventricular tachycardia cases have poor prognosis like the present ones. It was considered necessary to thoroughly control and guide patients with their daily life and monitor them carefully about the ingestion of anti-arrhythmic agents.
Yamamoto
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2nd Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Tokushima, Japan.
Bando
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Nishikado
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Ikefuji
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H
Shinohara
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Ito
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy