PMID- 23001096
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140121
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 1757-790X (Electronic)
IS  - 1757-790X (Linking)
VI  - 2012
DP  - 2012 Sep 21
TI  - Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy.
LID - 10.1136/bcr-2012-006587 [doi]
LID - bcr2012006587
AB  - Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy (TIC) is an important cause of heart failure 
      as it is potentially reversible after ventricular rate control. A 66-year-old 
      hypertensive woman presented with a 15-day history of tachycardia, dyspnoea and 
      oedema. ECG revealed atrial fibrillation with ventricular frequency of 130 beats 
      per minute (bpm). Echocardiogram showed dilated left ventricle (LV) with 0.39 
      ejection fraction. Angiography revealed non-obstructed coronary arteries. Heart 
      rate and cardiac failure were controlled with amiodarone, digoxine, captopril, 
      metoprolol and furosemide. During follow-up, despite drug dose optimisation, the 
      patient kept complaining of tachycardia and dyspnoea with a ventricular rate 
      between 108 and 120 bpm. Medical staff suspected she was not taking her 
      medicines properly. Two months later, the patient was asymptomatic and had 
      converted to sinus rhythm (heart rate of 76 bpm). Echocardiogram showed 
      normal LV size and function. Patient's diagnosis was TIC. Although rare, TIC 
      should be considered in all cases of systolic dysfunction associated with 
      tachyarrhythmia.
FAU - Nakatani, Bruno Tsutomu
AU  - Nakatani BT
AD  - Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School, Sao Paulo State 
      University, UNESP, Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
FAU - Minicucci, Marcos Ferreira
AU  - Minicucci MF
FAU - Okoshi, Katashi
AU  - Okoshi K
FAU - Politi Okoshi, Marina
AU  - Politi Okoshi M
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20120921
PL  - England
TA  - BMJ Case Rep
JT  - BMJ case reports
JID - 101526291
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/diagnosis/*etiology/physiopathology
MH  - Diagnosis, Differential
MH  - Dyspnea/etiology
MH  - Electrocardiography
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart/physiopathology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Tachycardia/*complications/physiopathology
PMC - PMC4543895
EDAT- 2012/09/25 06:00
MHDA- 2014/01/22 06:00
PMCR- 2014/09/21
CRDT- 2012/09/25 06:00
PHST- 2012/09/25 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/09/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/01/22 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2014/09/21 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - bcr-2012-006587 [pii]
AID - 10.1136/bcr-2012-006587 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMJ Case Rep. 2012 Sep 21;2012:bcr2012006587. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006587.