Permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia misdiagnosed as 'cardiomyopathy'.
In a nine-year-old female, cardiac failure was erroneously attributed to idiopathic cardiomyopathy and cardiac transplantation was planned. The actual cause of cardiac failure was permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia (PJRT), a rare form of supraventricular tachycardia. The diagnostic error was discovered before transplantation was performed and the arrhythmia was treated surgically. This resulted in return of near normal cardiac function.
McGuire
M A
MA
Cardiology Unit, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Lau
K C
KC
Davis
L M
LM
Knight
P
P
Uther
J B
JB
Ross
D L
DL
D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery