title: Right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia worsened during pregnancy.
abstract: We report the case of a 35 years old woman without underlying heart disease who was diagnosed with a right ventricular outflow tract tachycardia worsened during pregnancy. The diagnosis of ventricular tachycardia was made early in her pregnancy course but the patient had symptoms three months earlier. Her disease course was marked by rhythmic storms during the second trimester of pregnancy that led to three hospitalizations accounting for about two weeks in total. The combination of nadolol 80 mg and flecainide tablets 150 mg improved her rhythmic storms. Radiofrequency allowed a radical cure of this ventricular tachycardia. The patient is now asymptomatic 27 months after radiofrequency treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Specialties, National Hospital Blaise Compaoré, 11 PoBox 104 Ouagadougou, CMS 11, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: Yibar
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kambiré
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Specialties, National Hospital Blaise Compaoré, 11 PoBox 104 Ouagadougou, CMS 11, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: Lassina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Konaté
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Teaching Hospital Yalgado Ouedraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: Georges Rosario Christian
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Millogo
authors.affiliation: International Polyclinic of Ouagadougou, 01 BP 2092 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: Elodie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sib
authors.affiliation: Mother and Child Department, National Hospital Blaise Comparore, 11 PoBox 104 Ouagadougou, CMS 11, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: Myriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amoussou
authors.affiliation: International Polyclinic of Ouagadougou, 01 BP 2092 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: Lucie Valérie Adélaïde
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Nebié
authors.affiliation: International Polyclinic of Ouagadougou, 01 BP 2092 Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Niakara
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005424:Flecainide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D009248:Nadolol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D009248:Nadolol; D005424:Flecainide
keywords: Africa; Ventricular tachycardia; pregnancy; radiofrequency