Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT)

CPVT is widely accepted to be a disease of childhood, with most patients presenting with symptoms (syncope or SCD) before the age of 21 - Michele A Murphy MD

Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT)
Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT)

image by: SADS (Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes) Foundation

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British Heart Foundation

CPVT is a rare inherited heart rhythm disturbance. It usually happens when someone is under physical or emotional stress and can trigger an abnormally fast heartbeat. CPVT often first appears in childhood and in young people. Roughly 1 in 3 people need to be fitted with an ICD if medication is not enough to reduce the risk of an dangerous abnormal heart rhythm.

GeneReviews

Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is characterized by episodic syncope occurring during exercise or acute emotion. The underlying cause of these episodes is the onset of fast ventricular tachycardia (bidirectional or polymorphic). Spontaneous recovery may occur when these arrhythmias self-terminate. In other instances, ventricular tachycardia may degenerate into ventricular fibrillation and cause sudden death if cardiopulmonary resuscitation is not readily available.

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