Cardiac resynchronization treatment in a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy after heart transplantation

Autor: Ahmet Vural, Gökhan Ertaş, Ayşen Ağaçdiken
Jazyk: English<br />Turkish
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi, Vol 41, Iss 1, Pp 72-74 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1016-5169
DOI: 10.5543/tkda.2013.32855
Popis: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is characterized by heterogeneous clinical expression. Cardiac transplantation continues to be the gold standard for the treatment of end-stage cardiac diseases refractory to medical therapy. We presented a 27-year-old female patient with HCM who underwent successful cardiac resynchronization therapy after cardiac transplantation. Our patient had an indication for standard pacing. However, previous reports have shown that right ventricular apical pacing might lead to adverse clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure. We have discussed cardiac resynchronization therapy after heart transplantation in patients with standard pacing indications.
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