Looking above the heart: A rare cause of ventricular tachycardia

We describe a 56‐year old man with medically refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT) who was referred for catheter ablation. His examination revealed features suggestive of acromegaly. The diagnosis was confirmed by elevated levels of insulin like growth factor‐1 and the presence of a pituitary aden...

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Published inJournal of arrhythmia Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 1120 - 1122
Main Authors Subramnaian, Muthiah, Shah, Vihang, Saggu, Daljeet Kaur, Yalagudri, Sachin, Narasimhan, Calambur
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.08.2021
John Wiley and Sons Inc
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Subjects
acromegaly
Cardiac arrhythmia
ECG for Students & Assoc. Professionals
Ejection fraction
Electrocardiogram
Electrocardiography
Heart
idiopathic
implantable cardioverter defibrillator
Insulin-like growth factors
Morphology
Patients
reversible
Surgery
Systemic diseases
Tumors
Ultrasonic imaging
Ventricular tachycardia
implantable cardioverter defibrillator
acromegaly
ventricular tachycardia
idiopathic
reversible
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Summary:We describe a 56‐year old man with medically refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT) who was referred for catheter ablation. His examination revealed features suggestive of acromegaly. The diagnosis was confirmed by elevated levels of insulin like growth factor‐1 and the presence of a pituitary adenoma. Following trans‐sphenoidal surgery, there was a reduction in PVC burden and no recurrence of VT.
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ISSN:1880-4276
1883-2148
DOI:10.1002/joa3.12546