Congenital Complete Atrioventricular Block and Dilated Cardiomyopathy: New Light for an Old Disease

We present a case of a patient with known complete congenital atrioventricular block (CAVB) since the age of 7 years old that developed dilated cardiomyopathy ten years after VVI-R pacemaker implantation. He presented severe biventricular dysfunction and was symptomatic despite optimal medical thera...

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Autores principales: Paiva, Mariana, Ribeiro, Vania, Garcia, Raquel, Amorim, Sandra, Campelo, Manuel, Martins, Elisabete, Moura, Brenda, Cardoso, Jose, Maciel, M. Júlia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4008351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24826251
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/451375
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Sumario:We present a case of a patient with known complete congenital atrioventricular block (CAVB) since the age of 7 years old that developed dilated cardiomyopathy ten years after VVI-R pacemaker implantation. He presented severe biventricular dysfunction and was symptomatic despite optimal medical therapy. Cardiac resynchronization therapy was used, and he showed clinical and electrocardiographic improvement a month later.

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