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Case Reports
. 1989 Dec;65(770):932-5.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.65.770.932.

The automatic implantable cardioverter/defibrillator for a life threatening arrhythmia in a case of post-partum cardiomyopathy

M Bower  1 , L J Freeman, A F Rickards, E Rowland
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Case Reports

The automatic implantable cardioverter/defibrillator for a life threatening arrhythmia in a case of post-partum cardiomyopathy

M Bower et al. Postgrad Med J. 1989 Dec.

Abstract

We report the development of severe life threatening polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in a young woman shortly following her first pregnancy, who ultimately required the insertion of an automatic implantable cardioverter/defibrillator because of the failure of conventional antiarrhythmic therapy. Although only about 7 patients have received units in the UK to date, the experience in the USA, where up to 300 per month may be implanted, suggests that they will become a more common method of treatment in cases of life threatening arrhythmias.

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