Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 2019; 112(4): 466-472
Case 2/2019 – Man with Arrhythmogenic Cardiopathy Followed by Rapidly Progressive Heart Failure
Marcella Abunahman Freitas Pereira
, Wilma Noia Ribeiro
, Léa Maria Macruz Ferreira Demarchi
DOI: 10.5935/abc.20190065
Clinical aspects
The patient developed arrhythmia at 26 years of age. At age 33, in 2013, he developed heart failure, which rapidly progressed to functional class IV, with consecutive hospitalizations due to acute decompensation. In 2015, after the last hospitalization, he was placed on the priority list for heart transplantation due to clinical treatment refractoriness. In March 2016 he underwent the procedure and remained asymptomatic, being followed through outpatient clinic consultations since April 2017.
This is a heart failure case with important aspects that must be investigated: etiology and factors for decompensation.
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