Reversal of heart failure with sotalol in a case of incessant supraventricular tachycardia

Int J Cardiol. 1996 Apr 19;54(1):1-4. doi: 10.1016/0167-5273(95)02544-8.

Abstract

Supraventricular tachycardia inducing severe left ventricular enlargement and dysfunction was treated with sotalol in a 17-year-old man, in whom radiofrequency ablation had been unsuccessful. Restoration of sinus rhythm overwhelmed the negative inotropic effect of the drug and caused full reversion to normal of the left ventricular dimensions and function.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart Failure / drug therapy*
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sotalol / administration & dosage
  • Sotalol / therapeutic use*
  • Tachycardia, Supraventricular / complications
  • Tachycardia, Supraventricular / diagnosis
  • Tachycardia, Supraventricular / drug therapy*
  • Ventricular Function, Left / drug effects

Substances

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
  • Sotalol