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Use of an Insertable Loop Recorder in a Myotonic Dystrophy Patient
Author(s) -
HADIAN DJAVID,
LOWE MIRIAM R.,
SCOTT LUIS R.,
GROH WILLIAM J.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2002.00072.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myotonic dystrophy , cardiology , implantable loop recorder , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , ventricular tachycardia , ablation , atrial fibrillation , radiofrequency ablation , tachycardia , sustained ventricular tachycardia
Loop Recorder Use in Myotonic Dystrophy. The case of a 66‐year‐old woman with myotonic dystrophy is presented. This patient underwent implantation of an insertable loop recorder as a participant in a clinical trial. At 1‐month follow‐up, interrogation of the insertable loop recorder revealed multiple episodes of wide complex tachycardia. She underwent electrophysiologic study, which revealed moderate His‐Purkinje disease, focal atrial tachycardia, monomorphic ventricular tachycardia, and ventricular fibrillation. Successful radiofrequency ablation of the focal atrial tachycardia and implantation of a dual‐chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillator was performed.