Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy in pregnancy.
J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown)
; 17(10): 762-6, 2016 Oct.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25486585
ABSTRACT
Heart failure in pregnancy is rare, but usually ascribed to peripartum cardiomyopathy in the absence of other possible diagnoses. However, heart failure can develop solely due to a tachycardia, so-called 'tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy'. The incidence of tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy in pregnancy is unknown, but it is a treatable and potentially reversible cause of heart failure. Clinically, tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy during pregnancy might present in a similar manner, but its management has to be individualized according to the arrhythmic substrate and usually involve multidisciplinary input from specialists in obstetrics, cardiac electrophysiology and heart failure.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular
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Tachycardia
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Heart Failure
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Cardiomyopathies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
En
Journal:
J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown)
Journal subject:
ANGIOLOGIA
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CARDIOLOGIA
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United kingdom