Newly developed atrial fibrillation progresses to a more severe INTERMACS score in a patient with advanced heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy

Akihito Saito; Eisuke Amiya; Masaru Hatano; Yumiko Hosoya; Hisataka Maki; Daisuke Nitta; Shun Minatsuki; Masafumi Watanabe; Issei Komuro

doi:10.1002/ccr3.1247

Newly developed atrial fibrillation progresses to a more severe INTERMACS score in a patient with advanced heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy

Clin Case Rep. 2017 Nov 1;5(12):2028-2033. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1247. eCollection 2017 Dec.

Authors

Akihito Saito¹, Eisuke Amiya¹, Masaru Hatano^{1

2}, Yumiko Hosoya¹, Hisataka Maki¹, Daisuke Nitta¹, Shun Minatsuki¹, Masafumi Watanabe¹, Issei Komuro¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Graduate School of Medicine The University of Tokyo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo Japan.
² Department of Therapeutic Strategy for Heart Failure Graduate School of Medicine The University of Tokyo Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo Japan.

Abstract

We have presented a case of advanced HF, in which newly developed AF hastened the timing of the implantation of mechanical support. Newly developed AF in advanced HF may be intractable by medical therapies and could be a key event that determines the timing of mechanical support.

Keywords: Advanced heart failure; INTERMACS; atrial fibrillation; dilated cardiomyopathy; ventricular assist device.

Publication types

Case Reports