Ventricular Fibrillation in a Patient with Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy after Liver Transplantation

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

We report a case of atrial fibrillation-related tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy and ventricular fibrillation after liver transplantation in a 41-year-old man with end-stage liver failure. Atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure occurred postoperatively. Cardiac arrests due to ventricular fibrillation occurred 6 months after the operation with subsequent implantations of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
Ventricular arrhythmias did not recur during the 18 months after normalization of heart functions with guideline-directed medical treatments.

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