Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia/Fibrillation in a Patient with Right Ventricular Amyloidosis with Initial Manifestations Mimicking Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy.
- Author:
Fa Po CHUNG
1
;
Yenn Jiang LIN
;
Ling KUO
;
Shih Ann CHEN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Amyloidosis; Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy-dysplasia; Catheter ablation; Biopsy; Ventricular tachycardia
- MeSH: Advisory Committees; Amyloidosis*; Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia; Biopsy; Cardiomyopathies; Catheter Ablation*; Catheters*; Diagnosis; Humans; Tachycardia; Tachycardia, Ventricular
- From:Korean Circulation Journal 2017;47(2):282-285
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Differentiating arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) from other cardiomyopathies is clinically important but challenging. Although the modified Task Force Criteria can facilitate diagnosis of ARVD/C according to clinical manifestations, histopathological examination plays a pivotal role in excluding other diseases that can mimic ARVD/C. Here, we report a patient with amyloidosis that initially presented similarly to ARVD/C. The diagnosis was confirmed by endomyocardial biopsy, and catheter ablation eliminated the ventricular tachyarrhythmias through an epicardial approach.
