title: Chronic cough and tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy in a patient with idiopathic frequent, monomorphic premature ventricular contractions.
abstract: A 70-year-old woman presented with a 1-year history of dry cough. Extensive work-up ruled out common causes of chronic cough. She was found to have very frequent, monomorphic premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) and mild-to-moderate left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Propafenone 450 mg/day resulted in complete resolution of her cough and disappearance of PVCs within 24 hours of initiation. One month after the initiation of propafenone therapy, left ventricular ejection fraction normalized and her chronic cough resolved completely.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ege University School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey. can.hasdemir@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hasdemir
authors.forename: Oktay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Musayev
authors.forename: Demet Yalcin
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Kehribar
authors.forename: Yildirim
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kartal
authors.forename: Levent H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Can
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003371:Cough / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011405:Propafenone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018879:Ventricular Premature Complexes / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D011405:Propafenone