JACC: Case Reports (Mar 2021)

Severe Heart Failure Associated With Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy Due to Incessant Atrioventricular Re-Entrant Tachycardia

  • Thibaut Moulin, MD,
  • Rosanna Landes, MD,
  • Victoria Ouazana, MD,
  • Guillaume Abehsira, MD,
  • Pascal Lim, MD, PhD,
  • Raphaelle Huguet, MD,
  • Thibaud Damy, MD, PhD,
  • Emmanuel Teiger, MD, PhD,
  • Nicolas Lellouche, MD, PhD,
  • David Hamon, MD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 3
pp. 479 – 483

Abstract

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Short RP interval atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardias do not typically present as an incessant form. We present 2 cases of incessant atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardias leading to tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy with severe heart failure presentation in middle-aged adults. Both underwent accessory pathway ablation and recovered normal left ventricle function before hospital discharge. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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