Open AccessPremature Ventricular Contraction–Induced Cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
Saurav Alok,
Smer Aiman,
Abuzaid Ahmed,
Bansal Ojas,
Abuissa Hussam
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.22371
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiomyopathy , cardiology , heart disease , etiology , catheter ablation , premature atrial contraction , heart failure , ablation , atrial fibrillation
Premature ventricular contractions are of common occurrence in routine clinical practice. Though generally perceived as of benign consequence in healthy people in the absence of heart disease, their presence can be a harbinger of fatal ventricular tachyarrhythmia in individuals with structural heart disease. With some of the latest insights into the treatment of ventricular tachyarrhythmia, especially with the advent of catheter ablation, there has been renewed interest in premature ventricular contractions, not only as a predictor of arrhythmia, but also for their potential etiological association with cardiomyopathy.