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Possible acute and chronic synergistic effect of dual chamber pacing and disopyramide in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a case report.

Author(s): Haruki S, Minami Y, Kajimoto K, Yashiro B, Suzuki T, Kawana M, Hagiwara N

Affiliation(s): Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1, Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.

Publication date & source: 2010-01, Eur J Heart Fail., 12(1):94-7. Epub 2009 Nov 25.

Publication type: Case Reports

It remains unclear whether the combination of dual-chamber (DDD) pacing and disopyramide can achieve prolonged left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) gradient reduction and symptom relief in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). In an HCM patient with a severe LVOT gradient, the combination of DDD pacing and disopyramide achieved marked improvement of gradient in the catheter laboratory and also after medium-term follow-up. The patient's severe dyspnoea was alleviated during the follow-up period. This combination might enable physicians to treat and manage elderly symptomatic obstructive HCM patients with a severe LVOT gradient more effectively and less invasively.

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