ABSTRACT
The paper describes the case of a patients suffering from a pre-excitation syndrome who underwent numerous episodes of reciprocal tachycardia during pregnancy. The clinical implications and various methods of therapy used are discussed.
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Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular/diagnosis , Tachycardia, Paroxysmal/diagnosis , Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome/diagnosis , Acute Disease , Adult , Combined Modality Therapy , Electrocardiography , Female , Humans , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular/therapy , Tachycardia, Paroxysmal/therapy , Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome/therapyABSTRACT
Cases of familial arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) have been reported by many authors, and a genetic mechanism of transmission has been hypothesized. Both autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive mechanism of inheritance were suggest. We present a father and a daughter affected by arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, belonging to a family with many cases of sudden death. Both of them presented with an episode of ventricular tachycardia with left bundle branch block. The clinical diagnosis was made according to electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, angionuclear and hemodynamic criteria of ARVD. The familia analysis suggest an autosomal dominant mechanism of transmission.
