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August 17, 2016Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Premature ventricular contraction-induced cardiomyopathy: an emerging entity

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Population

Patients with frequent premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) and heart failure/cardiomyopathy

Design

Review

Authors

CTCao Thach TranRhode Island HospitalHugh CalkinsHugh CalkinsElectrophysiology

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Implication

May support PVC suppression in selected cardiomyopathy cases; leaves open optimal strategy and need for RCTs.

Structured PICO

P
Population
Patients with frequent premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) and heart failure/cardiomyopathy
I
Intervention
Pharmacological therapy or catheter ablation
O
Outcome
Resolution of cardiomyopathy

Frequent PVCs can cause a reversible cardiomyopathy that may resolve with pharmacological suppression or catheter ablation.

Limitations

  • evidence is based primarily on observational studies

Cite This Study

Tran et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a212b20ffa0738687c3ce8ehttps://doi.org/10.1080/14779072.2016.1222901

Topics

Cardiomyopathy
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