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Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia Diagnosed and Treated as Depression Successfully Treated by Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation

We experienced a man in his 20s with inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST) initially diagnosed and treated as depression who was steadily treated with radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) using an EnSite™ system. The patient has remained well without any symptoms or medications, including antidep...

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Autores principales: Masumoto, Akihiro, Takemoto, Masao, Mito, Takahiro, Tanaka, Atsushi, Kawano, Yuki, Kumeda, Hiroshi, Kang, Honsa, Matsuo, Atsutoshi, Hida, Satoru, Okazaki, Teiji, Tayama, Kei-ichiro, Yoshitake, Kiyonobu, Kosuga, Kenichi
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Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5399203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28250298
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author Masumoto, Akihiro
Takemoto, Masao
Mito, Takahiro
Tanaka, Atsushi
Kawano, Yuki
Kumeda, Hiroshi
Kang, Honsa
Matsuo, Atsutoshi
Hida, Satoru
Okazaki, Teiji
Tayama, Kei-ichiro
Yoshitake, Kiyonobu
Kosuga, Kenichi
author_facet Masumoto, Akihiro
Takemoto, Masao
Mito, Takahiro
Tanaka, Atsushi
Kawano, Yuki
Kumeda, Hiroshi
Kang, Honsa
Matsuo, Atsutoshi
Hida, Satoru
Okazaki, Teiji
Tayama, Kei-ichiro
Yoshitake, Kiyonobu
Kosuga, Kenichi
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description We experienced a man in his 20s with inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST) initially diagnosed and treated as depression who was steadily treated with radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) using an EnSite™ system. The patient has remained well without any symptoms or medications, including antidepressants, for two years since the RFCA. To avoid missing IST and treating it as an emotional problem and/or mental illness such as depression, physicians - including cardiologists - should be aware of these conditions when examining patients with multiple and incapacitating complaints including palpitations and general fatigue and/or tachycardia, especially characterized by an elevated resting heart rate or a disproportionate increase in the heart rate with minimal exertion.
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spelling pubmed-53992032017-04-24 Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia Diagnosed and Treated as Depression Successfully Treated by Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation Masumoto, Akihiro Takemoto, Masao Mito, Takahiro Tanaka, Atsushi Kawano, Yuki Kumeda, Hiroshi Kang, Honsa Matsuo, Atsutoshi Hida, Satoru Okazaki, Teiji Tayama, Kei-ichiro Yoshitake, Kiyonobu Kosuga, Kenichi Intern Med Case Report We experienced a man in his 20s with inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST) initially diagnosed and treated as depression who was steadily treated with radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) using an EnSite™ system. The patient has remained well without any symptoms or medications, including antidepressants, for two years since the RFCA. To avoid missing IST and treating it as an emotional problem and/or mental illness such as depression, physicians - including cardiologists - should be aware of these conditions when examining patients with multiple and incapacitating complaints including palpitations and general fatigue and/or tachycardia, especially characterized by an elevated resting heart rate or a disproportionate increase in the heart rate with minimal exertion. The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5399203/ /pubmed/28250298 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The Internal Medicine is an Open Access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Case Report
Masumoto, Akihiro
Takemoto, Masao
Mito, Takahiro
Tanaka, Atsushi
Kawano, Yuki
Kumeda, Hiroshi
Kang, Honsa
Matsuo, Atsutoshi
Hida, Satoru
Okazaki, Teiji
Tayama, Kei-ichiro
Yoshitake, Kiyonobu
Kosuga, Kenichi
Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia Diagnosed and Treated as Depression Successfully Treated by Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation
title Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia Diagnosed and Treated as Depression Successfully Treated by Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation
title_full Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia Diagnosed and Treated as Depression Successfully Treated by Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation
title_fullStr Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia Diagnosed and Treated as Depression Successfully Treated by Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation
title_full_unstemmed Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia Diagnosed and Treated as Depression Successfully Treated by Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation
title_short Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia Diagnosed and Treated as Depression Successfully Treated by Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation
title_sort inappropriate sinus tachycardia diagnosed and treated as depression successfully treated by radiofrequency catheter ablation
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5399203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28250298
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