Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-fbnjt Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-04T19:06:35.754Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Documenting the descent – remote monitoring and adult-onset Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia associated with ventricular fibrillation and bradycardia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2021

Laura F. Halperin
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Andrew D. Krahn
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Zachary W. Laksman*
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
*
Author for correspondence: Dr. Zachary Laksman, Division of Cardiology, University of British Columbia, 211-1033 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 1M7, Canada. Tel: (604) 806-8256; Fax: (604) 806-8723. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

This image highlights a 38-year-old female with ventricular fibrillation and spontaneous return to sinus rhythm found on an implantable loop recorder inserted for recurrent syncope. Ultimately, she was diagnosed with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, a rare inherited arrhythmia disorder.

Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Al-Khatib, SM, Stevenson, WG, Ackerman, MJ, et al. 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018; 72: e91e220.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Roston, TM, Jones, K, Hawkins, NM, et al. Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator use in catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia: a systematic review. Heart Rhythm 2018; 15: 17911799. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2018.06.046. Epub 2018 Jul 3. PMID: 30063211.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Miyake, CY, Webster, G, Czosek, RJ, et al. Efficacy of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in young patients with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia: success depends on substrate. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2013; 6: 579587. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000170. Epub 2013 May 11. PMID: 23667268.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed