International Journal of Cardiovascular Sciences. 06/fev/2024;37:e20230081.

Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy as a Cause of Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia Requiring Heart Transplant

Flora Elisa Cabello Montoya ORCID logo , Yulia Vadimovna Stavtseva ORCID logo , Marina Teterina ORCID logo , Anton Vorobiev ORCID logo , Zhanna Kobalava ORCID logo

DOI: 10.36660/ijcs.20230081

Introduction

The most common setting for ventricular tachycardia (VT) is ischemic heart disease, in which myocardial scar tissue is the substrate for arrhythmia., However, in some myocardial diseases (i.e., myocarditis, arrhythmogenic and dilated cardiomyopathies [DCM]), electrical abnormalities can precede apparent structural changes rendering diagnosis and treatment difficult.

The present study describes a case of inflammatory cardiomyopathy that appeared as a recurrent VT and required a heart transplant as the only therapeutic alternative after 20 years of the disease.

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Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy as a Cause of Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia Requiring Heart Transplant

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