Ventricular tachycardia in a patient with cardiac haemochromatosis and normal left-ventricular ejection fraction

Pablo Revilla-Martí; Juana Pelegrín-Díaz; Gonzalo Rodrigo-Trallero; Jose Antonio Linares-Vicente; Jose Ramón Ruiz-Arroyo

doi:10.2478/semcard-2019-0001

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Ventricular tachycardia in a patient with cardiac haemochromatosis and normal left-ventricular ejection fraction

Seminars in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volume 25 (2019): Issue 1 (January 2019)

By: Pablo Revilla-Martí, Juana Pelegrín-Díaz, Gonzalo Rodrigo-Trallero, Jose Antonio Linares-Vicente and Jose Ramón Ruiz-Arroyo

Open Access

|Mar 2019

Abstract

We describe a rare case of ventricular arrhythmia in a patient with cardiac haemochromatosis related to iron overload in the myocardium and without evidence of systolic dysfunction or heart failure. This case stresses the utility of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for the early identification of iron overload in the heart and starting appropriate treatment.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/semcard-2019-0001 | Journal eISSN: 1822-7767

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Language: English

Page range: 1 - 3

Submitted on: Oct 10, 2018

Accepted on: Dec 19, 2018

Published on: Mar 21, 2019

Published by: Sciendo

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

iron overload,

cardiac arrhythmia,

magnetic resonance imaging

Related subjects:

Medicine,

Clinical medicine,

Internal medicine,

Internal medicine, other,

Cardiology

© 2019 Pablo Revilla-Martí, Juana Pelegrín-Díaz, Gonzalo Rodrigo-Trallero, Jose Antonio Linares-Vicente, Jose Ramón Ruiz-Arroyo, published by Sciendo
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