Reversible methamphetamine-induced cardiomyopathy mimicking arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy with ventricular tachycardia
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Rowe, M
Martin, P
Dahiya, A
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Among numerous etiologies of ventricular arrhythmias, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) and methamphetamine-induced cardiomyopathy (MAC) are 2 of the rarer causes of ventricular arrhythmias.1 ARVC is a disease that is characterized by fibro-fatty replacement of the myocardium.1 Although it was originally described as a right ventricular (RV) disease, left ventricular (LV) and biventricular involvement are also possible in patients with ARVC.1 On the other hand, MAC is a separate clinical entity that is rare and under-recognized.2
We report the first known case of reversible MAC mimicking ARVC with ventricular tachycardia (VT).
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HeartRhythm Case Reports
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© 2019 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Heart Rhythm Society. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), , which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
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Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)
ARVD/C
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
MAC
Methamphetamine-induced cardiomyopathy
Ventricular tachycardia
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Yu, AS; Rowe, M; Martin, P; Dahiya, A, Reversible methamphetamine-induced cardiomyopathy mimicking arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy with ventricular tachycardia, HeartRhythm Case Reports, 2020, 6 (3), pp. 139-143