Vol 69, No 5 (2011)
Invasive electrophysiology
Published online: 2011-05-18
Tako−tsubo cardiomyopathy following complete atrioventricular nodal heart block during transcatheter radiofrequency ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia
DOI: 10.33963/v.kp.79333
Kardiol Pol 2011;69(5):508-509.
Abstract
We report a case of tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy after an unintentional atrioventricular (AV) block during an ablation procedure
in a 77 year-old woman. This intriguing case explores three possible reasons that could have triggered the disease:
(1) slow pathway destruction; (2) AV nodal complete heart block; (3) the overall stress the patient had experienced.
Kardiol Pol 2011; 69, 5: 508–509
Kardiol Pol 2011; 69, 5: 508–509
Keywords: tako-tsubo cardiomyopathycatheter ablationatrioventricular block
