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Europace 2005 7(4):388-391; doi:10.1016/j.eupc.2004.12.013
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© 2005 The European Society of Cardiology. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

CASE REPORT

Successful treatment of end-stage hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with biventricular cardiac pacing

B. Pezzulich*, L. Montagna and P. Greco Lucchina

Cardiological Department, St Luigi Hospital Orbassano, Turin, Italy

The beneficial use of biventricular pacing is reported in a patient with end-stage hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, intraventricular conduction delay and echocardiographic evidence of intraventricular dyssyncrony. Marked improvement in clinical status, left ventricular ejection fraction and peak VO2 were observed. As far as we know, this is the first report of a beneficial effect of a biventricular device in this subset of patients, and may be worth further investigation.

Key Words: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, biventricular pacing

*Corresponding author. S.C. Cardiologia, Ospedale san Luigi Gonzaga, Regione Gonzole 10, 10100 Orbassano, Torino, Italy. Tel.: +39 0119026803. E-mail address: bruno_pezzulich{at}virgilio.it (B. Pezzulich)


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