Ventricular Catecolaminergic Polymorphic Tachycardia (VCPT) with ICD implantation requirement

A case report

Authors

  • Rodrigo Sultani Leonello
  • Juan Carlos Pachón Mateos
  • Eusébio Ramos Filho
  • Edgar Paul Nuñes Rubio

Keywords:

Tachycardia, Ventricular, Death, Sudden, Equipment and Supplies

Abstract

Case report of a 16-year-old female patient at the time of her admission to the Institute of Cardiology. She was referred by an external healthcare service due to syncope during physical activity and was submitted to the investigation with a final diagnosis of catecholaminergic ventricular tachycardia. Once the diagnosis was established, the patient was administered a beta-blocker and definitive pacemaker implant was required due to chronotropic incompetence secondary to drug therapy. Subsequently, due to the persistence of ventricular arrhythmias despite the use of optimized therapy, we decided to implant an ICD.

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Published

01-10-2018

How to Cite

Sultani Leonello, R., Pachón Mateos, J. C., Ramos Filho, E., & Nuñes Rubio, E. P. (2018). Ventricular Catecolaminergic Polymorphic Tachycardia (VCPT) with ICD implantation requirement: A case report. JOURNAL OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS, 31(4), 173–175. Retrieved from https://jca.org.br/jca/article/view/102

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Cardiac Pacing

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