TY - JOUR
T1 - A case of vagally mediated idiopathic ventricular fibrillation
AU - Kataoka, Masaharu
AU - Takatsuki, Seiji
AU - Tanimoto, Kojiro
AU - Akaishi, Makoto
AU - Ogawa, Satoshi
AU - Mitamura, Hideo
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - Background: A 25-year-old woman experienced three episodes of syncope over the course of 2 years. The attacks all occurred just after she had sat down, and two were accompanied by convulsions. She had no obvious prodromes and no personal or family history of cardiovascular disease. Investigations: Electrocardiography, chest radiography, echocardiography, cerebral and cardiac MRI, electroencephalography, 24 h Holter monitoring, electrophysiological study with drug provocation testing and heart-rate variability analysis. Diagnosis: Vagally mediated ventricular fibrillation initiated by premature ventricular complexes arising from the right ventricular outflow tract. Management: Catheter ablation was performed at the right ventricular outflow tract and an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator was fitted.
AB - Background: A 25-year-old woman experienced three episodes of syncope over the course of 2 years. The attacks all occurred just after she had sat down, and two were accompanied by convulsions. She had no obvious prodromes and no personal or family history of cardiovascular disease. Investigations: Electrocardiography, chest radiography, echocardiography, cerebral and cardiac MRI, electroencephalography, 24 h Holter monitoring, electrophysiological study with drug provocation testing and heart-rate variability analysis. Diagnosis: Vagally mediated ventricular fibrillation initiated by premature ventricular complexes arising from the right ventricular outflow tract. Management: Catheter ablation was performed at the right ventricular outflow tract and an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator was fitted.
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U2 - 10.1038/ncpcardio1082
DO - 10.1038/ncpcardio1082
M3 - Article
C2 - 18223543
AN - SCOPUS:38649125923
SN - 1743-4297
VL - 5
SP - 111
EP - 115
JO - Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine
JF - Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine
IS - 2
ER -
