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Significant left ventricular (LV) dysfunction resulting from chronic uncontrolled tachycardia represents a diagnostic dilemma. In patients with a depressed LV function and tachycardia, the tachycardia may have developed as a consequence of a cardiomyopathy or may be the cause of the LV dysfunction [1-3]. In this report we demonstrate that intractable atrial fibrillation (AF) may be associated with LV dysfunction, and that closed-chest catheter ablation, by modifying conduction in the atrioventricular node, may be of therapeutic value.
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Lemery, R., Brugada, P., Cheriex, E., Wellens, H.J.J. (2000). Reversibility of tachycardia-induced left ventricular dysfunction after closed-chest catheter ablation of the atrioventricular function for intractable atrial fibrillation. In: Smeets, J.L.R.M., Doevendans, P.A., Josephson, M.E., Kirchhof, C., Vos, M.A. (eds) Professor Hein J.J. Wellens. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4110-9_36
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