| Title | A case of reversible ventricular tachycardia and complete atrioventricular block associated with primary cardiac B-cell lymphoma. | | Author(s) | Tanaka Y, Yamabe H, Yamasaki H, Tsuda H, Nagayoshi Y, Kawano H, Kimura Y, Hokamura Y, Ogawa H | | Institution | From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan. | | Source | Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2009 Jun; 32(6):816-9. | | Abstract | We report a long-term survival case of primary cardiac lymphoma with reversible ventricular tachycardia (VT) and complete atrioventricular block (C-AVB). A 65-year-old man with VT was treated by oral amiodarone administration. Later, a dual-chamber pacemaker was implanted because of C-AVB. Then, he was readmitted, as he complained of fever and chest pain. Echocardiography showed an enlarged cardiac mass and thus an open-chest biopsy was performed. He was then diagnosed with primary cardiac lymphoma. The chemotherapy and radiotherapy resulted in the disappearance of the mass. Complete remission has been maintained for 8 years after the therapy, and no VT or C-AVB has been detected. (PACE 2009; 32:816-819). | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19545348 |
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