Why the study?
There is ongoing debate regarding the clinical significance of PVCs in athletes and whether burden, morphology, or both should be used to differentiate benign PVCs from those suggestive of cardiac disease.
Does radiofrequency ablation improve ventricular function and eliminate PVCs in an asymptomatic athlete with high-burden PVC-induced cardiomyopathy?
Population
One 28-year-old asymptomatic male athlete with bigeminy PVCs
Comparison
Radiofrequency ablation
Design
Case report
Key result
Radiofrequency ablation successfully eliminated premature ventricular contractions and normalized ventricular function and dimension in an asymptomatic athlete with PVC-induced cardiomyopathy.
Authors
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Supports considering ablation for high-burden PVC cardiomyopathy in athletes; leaves open generalizability beyond this single case.
Case Report (n=1)
Does radiofrequency ablation improve ventricular function and eliminate PVCs in an asymptomatic athlete with high-burden PVC-induced cardiomyopathy?
Radiofrequency ablation successfully eliminated PVCs and normalized ventricular function in an asymptomatic athlete with high-burden PVC-induced cardiomyopathy discovered during pre-participation screening.
Norouzi et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Premature ventricular contraction-induced cardiomyopathy (n=1). Radiofrequency ablation was evaluated on PVC burden and ventricular function/dimension. Radiofrequency ablation successfully eliminated premature ventricular contractions and normalized ventricular function and dimension in an asymptomatic athlete with PVC-induced cardiomyopathy.