Why the study?
Does an antitachycardia pacemaker improve left ventricular function in a patient with congestive cardiomyopathy induced by chronic ventricular tachycardia?
Population
1 patient with congestive cardiomyopathy induced by chronic ventricular tachycardia (persisting 4 months)
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
3 months
Authors
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May support reversibility of tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy; hypothesis-generating case report that leaves open need for prospective validation.
Does an antitachycardia pacemaker improve left ventricular function in a patient with congestive cardiomyopathy induced by chronic ventricular tachycardia?
Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy is a reversible condition that can resolve after successful treatment of the underlying arrhythmia.
Rakovec et al. (1989) studied this question.
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