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  • Treatment of asymptomatic Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia.
    Future cardiology, 2012
    Co-Authors: Manoj N. Obeyesekere, Peter Leong-sit, Lorne J. Gula, Raymond Yee, Allan C. Skanes, George Klein, Andrew D Krahn
    Abstract:

    Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in genes involved in the intracellular calcium homeostasis of cardiac cells. Affected patients typically present with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias precipitated by emotional/physical stress. The diagnosis is based on the demonstration of polymorphic or bidirectional ventricular tachycardia associated with adrenergic stress. Genetic testing can be confirmatory in some patients. Treatment for Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia includes medical and surgical efforts to suppress the effects of epinephrine at the myocardial level and/or modulation of calcium homeostasis. Mortality is high when untreated and sudden cardiac death may be the first manifestation of the disease. First-degree relatives of a proband should be offered genetic testing if the causal mutation is known. If the family mutation is not known, relatives should be clinically evaluated with provocative testing. In the absence of rigorous trials, prophylactic treatment of the asymptomatic Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia patient appears to reduce morbidity and mortality.

  • sudden cardiac death despite an implantable cardioverter defibrillator in a young female with Catecholaminergic ventricular tachycardia
    Heart Rhythm, 2006
    Co-Authors: Uwais Mohamed, Michael H Gollob, Robert M Gow, Andrew D Krahn
    Abstract:

    d c r s a i d a r h v o ntroduction ardiac arrest due to primary electrical disease, such as long T syndrome, Brugada syndrome, or Catecholaminergic olymorphic ventricular tachycardia, typically is managed ith an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). Afer ICD placement, patients and physicians consider the ikelihood of sudden death to be remote. We report a fatal utcome in a young female with an ICD, clinical catcholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, and a isease-causing cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2) gene utation.

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