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Ventricular tachycardia is a well-known complication in patients withhypertrophic cardiomyopathy. We report the case of a patient withhypertrophic cardiomyo<->pathy with easily inducible monomorphic ventriculartachycardia. Electrophysiology study demonstrated that bundle branch reentrywas the mechanism of the tachycardia. The tachycardia was renderednon-inducible by radiofrequency ablation of the right bundle branch.
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Mittal, S., Coyne, R.F., Herling, I.M. et al. Sustained Bundle Branch Reentry in a Patient with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Nondilated Left Ventricle. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 1, 73–77 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009774903921
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