Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy in pregnancy. Issue 10 (October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Joseph, Anil C.; Prapa, Matina; Pellicori, Pierpaolo; Mabote, Thato; Nasir, Mansoor; Clark, Andrew L.
• Is Part Of: Journal of cardiovascular medicine. Volume 17:Issue 10(2016:Oct.)
• Publication Date: 2016-10
• Subjects: cardiomyopathy -- heart failure -- pregnancy -- tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy; Cardiology -- Periodicals; Cardiovascular system -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Cardiology -- Periodicals; Cardiovascular Diseases -- Periodicals; 616.1005
• DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0000000000000209
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1558-2027

Abstract

Abstract : Heart failure in pregnancy is rare, but usually ascribed to peripartum cardiomyopathy in the absence of other possible diagnoses. However, heart failure can develop solely due to a tachycardia, so-called 'tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy'. The incidence of tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy in pregnancy is unknown, but it is a treatable and potentially reversible cause of heart failure. Clinically, tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy during pregnancy might present in a similar manner, but its management has to be individualized according to the arrhythmic substrate and usually involve multidisciplinary input from specialists in obstetrics, cardiac electrophysiology and heart failure.