[From chest pain to cardioverter-defibrillator implantation--a case report].
A case of a 48-year-old male admitted to the hospital because of recurrent chest pain, is described. Further diagnostic tests did not confirm ischemia, but revealed the presence of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. During hospital stay, the patient developed syncopal episode due to ventricular tachycardia. A cardioverter-defibrillator was implanted.
Lewandowski
Adrian
A
Katedra i Klinika Kardiologii, Nadciśnienia Tetniczego i Chorób Wewnetrznych, Akademia Medyczna, Wojewódzki Szpital Bródnowski, ul. Kondratowicza 8, 03-242 Warszawa. adrene@mediclub.pl
Kostarska-Srokosz
Edyta
E
Grzywanowska-Łaniewska
Iwona
I
Moszczeński
Michał
M
Dłuzniewski
Mirosław
M
D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome