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Europace Advance Access originally published online on March 12, 2008
Europace 2008 10(6):769-770; doi:10.1093/europace/eun060
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA

Reversal of premature ventricular complex-induced cardiomyopathy following successful radiofrequency catheter ablation

Michalis Efremidis, Konstantinos P. Letsas*, Antonios Sideris and Fotios Kardaras

Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos General Hospital of Athens, 25, 28th Octovriou st, 15235, 10676 Athens, Greece

Premature ventricular complex (PVC)-induced cardiomyopathy is an underappreciated cause of left-ventricular (LV) dysfunction. The present report describes the case of an elderly man with a very high burden of monomorphic PVCs and LV dysfunction. Elimination of the left ventricular focus following radiofrequency catheter ablation resulted in reversal of cardiomyopathy.

Key Words: Premature ventricular complexes, Left ventricular dysfunction, Cardiomyopathy, Radiofrequency catheter ablation

* Corresponding author. Tel: +30 2106843854; fax: +30 2106513317. E-mail address: k.letsas{at}mail.gr

Manuscript submitted 30 November 2007. Accepted after revision 18 February 2008.


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