Electrical storm in a patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease treated with radiofrequency ablation and subsequent serious complication of implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation: a case report

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61988987:17110/25:A2603DG5

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytae673" target="_blank" >10.1093/ehjcr/ytae673</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Electrical storm in a patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease treated with radiofrequency ablation and subsequent serious complication of implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation: a case report

Original language description

Background: Charcot-Marie-Tooth is the most common inherited neuromuscular disorder. Rarely, it can be associated with heart failure and various arrhythmic disturbances. This case illustrates the challenges of making decisions to prevent sudden cardiac death in a patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Case summary: A 69-year-old male with a history of Type 1A Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease was admitted due to repetitive runs of ventricular tachycardia. Twelve-lead electrocardiogram, echocardiography, selective coronary angiography, and cardiac magnetic resonance did not clarify the cause of the electrical storm. As conservative therapy was not successful, radiofrequency ablation was chosen to treat the electrical storm. After this procedure, implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) was implanted. The follow-up revealed severe perforation by the ventricular lead. An extraction was performed with no complications and a new lead was immediately implanted. The patient remains asymptomatic. Three episodes of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia were recorded during the last follow-up. Discussion: This case illustrates the challenges of making decisions to prevent sudden cardiac death in a patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease after successful ablation for electrical storm. Due to a lack of evidence, atypical origin of arrhythmia, and clinical presentation, we did not consider this as idiopathic arrhythmia and decided to implant an ICD, which was complicated by severe perforation by the lead. Specific recommendations for preventing sudden cardiac death in rare cardiac conditions, such as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, still need to be refined.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30201 - Cardiac and Cardiovascular systems

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

European Heart Journal - Case Reports

ISSN

2514-2119

e-ISSN

2514-2119

Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

1-6

UT code for WoS article

001388023100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85216003145