Kalavakolanu SS. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy masquerading as infiltrative restrictive cardiomyopathy and refractory congestive failure-resolution with catheter ablation of atrial flutter – A case report.
J Saudi Heart Assoc 2015;
27:206-9. [PMID:
26136635 PMCID:
PMC4481511 DOI:
10.1016/j.jsha.2014.11.005]
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Abstract
We report a case of a young male presenting as Restrictive cardiomyopathy, refractory heart failure and syncope due to typical right atrial flutter complicating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Successful catheter ablation of the flutter promptly ameliorated the congestive failure with resolution of restrictive physiology.
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