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18554199

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-1-5
pubmed:abstractText
Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is a familial condition that presents with exercise-induced syncope or sudden death in children or young adults. In most cases the disease is caused by a mutation in the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2) gene. Current evidence suggests that primary therapy for CPVT is beta blockade and implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) placement. There is a recent report of a patient with CPVT who died despite appropriate ICD therapies, and we report a similar case. Our patient died after probably initially receiving inappropriate ICD shocks for atrial fibrillation. We recommend that utmost efforts should be made to prevent shocks including repeated exercise testing to confirm suppression of PVT.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1540-8167
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1319-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Sudden death in a young man with catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports