Reversible congestive cardiomyopathy due to chronic ventricular tachycardia.
A patient with congestive cardiomyopathy, induced by ventricular tachycardia, is presented. The patient had chronic ventricular tachycardia, which persisted 4 months and was eventually successfully treated by an antitachycardia pacemaker. A severe left ventricular dysfunction persisted after treatment for some days and then gradually resolved. After 3 months the indices of left ventricular function returned to normal values. The tachycardia-induced ventricular dysfunction seems to be a reversible disorder.
Rakovec
P
P
Clinic of Cardiovascular Diseases, University Clinical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia.
Lajovic
J
J
Dolenc
M
M
D000328:Adult; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D013318:Stroke Volume; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D013997:Time Factors