[Cardiac rhythm disorders in patients with hypertrophic cardio- myopathy detected by ECG monitoring by the Holter method]

Kardiol Pol. 1989;32(2):66-72.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

24-hours Holter's ecg monitoring was performed in 79 patients with the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Ventricular arrhythmias were recorded in 75.9% of patients, including those revealed in the second recording in 29.5% of patients. Subsequent ecg monitoring was especially useful in detection of complex forms of ventricular arrhythmias (in 27.5%). Average doses of verapamil and Beta-adrenergic blockers were not sufficient in the antiarrhythmic therapy. There was no close correlation between ventricular arrhythmias and a morphologic type of a cardiomyopathy. Patients with episodes of fainting or loss of consciousness require repeated Holter's ecg monitorings.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Cardiac Complexes, Premature / diagnosis*
  • Cardiac Complexes, Premature / etiology
  • Cardiac Complexes, Premature / physiopathology
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / complications*
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / physiopathology
  • Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
  • Female
  • Heart Ventricles / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged