Severe Heart Failure Associated With Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy Due to Incessant Atrioventricular Re-Entrant Tachycardia

Thibaut Moulin; Rosanna Landes; Victoria Ouazana; Guillaume Abehsira; Pascal Lim; Raphaelle Huguet; Thibaud Damy; Emmanuel Teiger; Nicolas Lellouche; David Hamon

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.11.028

Severe Heart Failure Associated With Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy Due to Incessant Atrioventricular Re-Entrant Tachycardia

JACC Case Rep. 2021 Feb 3;3(3):479-483. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.11.028. eCollection 2021 Mar.

Affiliation

¹ Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Henri Mondor Hospital, Cardiology Department, Créteil, France.

Abstract

Short RP interval atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardias do not typically present as an incessant form. We present 2 cases of incessant atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardias leading to tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy with severe heart failure presentation in middle-aged adults. Both underwent accessory pathway ablation and recovered normal left ventricle function before hospital discharge. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: AP, accessory pathway; AVRT, atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia; ECG, electrocardiogram; LV, left ventricle; LVEF, left ventricle ejection fraction; TCM, tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy; TTE, transthoracic echocardiography; Wolff-Parkinson-White; accessory pathway; arrhythmia-induced cardiomyopathy; orthodromic re-entrant tachycardia; palpitation; supraventricular tachycardia.

Publication types

Case Reports