A life-threatening manifestation of tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2014 Feb;15(2):164-6. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3283609428.

Abstract

A 74-year-old man was referred to hospital for sustained dyspnea. The patient was normotensive (110/70 mmHg) with clinical evidence of congestive heart failure. ECG showed atrial flutter (145 bpm). Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a mildly dilated left ventricle with severe systolic dysfunction and a big irregular mobile mass, a mildly dilated right ventricle with moderate systolic dysfunction and a large mass protruding into the cavity. The patient was treated surgically for high embolic and sudden death risk after coronarography, which showed a single stenosis (70%) of the left anterior descending coronary. Myocardial biopsy demonstrated interstitial and endocardial fibrosis, no inflammatory pattern. After 6 months of follow-up echocardiography was normal.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Atrial Flutter / complications*
  • Atrial Flutter / diagnosis
  • Biopsy
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / diagnosis
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / etiology*
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / surgery*
  • Coronary Stenosis / diagnosis
  • Coronary Stenosis / etiology
  • Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional
  • Heart Failure / diagnosis
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Risk Factors
  • Thrombectomy
  • Thrombosis / diagnosis
  • Thrombosis / etiology*
  • Thrombosis / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology