A CASE OF FAMILIAL VENTRICULAR-TACHYCARDIA

Authors
BETSUYAKU T SAKURAI M YOSHIDA I YOKOSHIKI H ITO T YOTSUKURA A KITABATAKE A
Citation
T. Betsuyaku et al., A CASE OF FAMILIAL VENTRICULAR-TACHYCARDIA, Japanese Circulation Journal, 59(3), 1995, pp. 171-175
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Japanese Circulation Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00471828
Volume
59
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
171 - 175
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-1828(1995)59:3<171:ACOFV>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Ventricular tachycardia was noted in 4 members of the same family. One showed diffuse hypokinesis of the left ventricle by echocardiography and left ventriculography, 2 showed progressive left ventricular dysfu nction and 1 showed regional perfusion defects of the left ventricle s hown by thallium scintigraphy. One patient was diagnosed as dilated ca rdiomyopathy. Although no definitive cause of the left ventricular dis turbance was identified in the 3 other patients, they may have all bee n dilated cardiomyopathy.