Two cases of dilated cardiomyopathy associated with incessant supraventricular tachycardia who showed a favorable response to beta-blockade.
Two cases of dilated cardiomyopathy with incessant supraventricular tachycardia were treated with beta-blockade. Propranolol at a dose of 30 mg per day in combination with diuretics and digitalis decreased atrial rate of tachycardia and the cardiac size in both cases. The careful administration of beta-blockade seems to be one of the choices for the treatment for atrial tachycardia associated with dilated cardiomyopathy.
Yoshimura
H
H
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University, Japan.
Ishikawa
T
T
Kuji
N
N
Sugimoto
K
K
Kimura
K
K
Sano
T
T
Kobayashi
K
K
Ishii
M
M
D000328:Adult; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011433:Propranolol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
D011433:Propranolol