?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Tachycardiomyopathy%0A&rft.creator=Nakazato%2C+Yuji&rft.subject=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Journal&rft.description=Sustained+chronic+tachyarrhythmias+often+cause+a+deterioration+of+cardiac+function+known+as+tachycardia-induced+cardiomyopathy+or+tachycardiomyopathy.1+It+has+been+recognized+that+the+tachycardiomyopathy+occurs+in+experimental+models2+and+also+in+patients+with+supraventricular+or+ventricular+tachycarrhythmias.3%2C4%2C5%2C6+Generally%2C+cardiac+function+will+recover+if+drug+or+catheter+ablation+therapy+is+successfully+performed.+Phillips+and+Levine7+initially+presented+this+concept+in+1949+for+the+relationship+between+rapid+atrial+fibrillation+and+reversible+left+ventricular+(LV)+failure.+However%2C+it+might+be+difficult+to+define+its+cause+and+effect+relationship+when+cardiomyopathy+and+tachycardia+are+identified+simultaneously.+The+reversibility+of+LV+dysfunction+may+often+be+variable+and+the+precise+mechanisms+of+the+pathophysiological+features+of+this+phenomenon+should+be+elucidated.+Although+excellent+and+comprehensive+review+articles+by+Fenelon+G%2C+et+al.8+and+Shinbane+JS+et+al+9+regarding+these+topics+have+already+been+published%2C+I+will+firstly+present+a+typical+case+and+then+review+the+basic+and+clinical+characteristics+of+tachycardiomyopathy+in+this+article.+&rft.publisher=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Group&rft.contributor=Singh%2C+Balbir&rft.contributor=Lokhandwala%2C+Yash&rft.contributor=Francis%2C+Johnson&rft.contributor=Gupta%2C+Anup&rft.date=2002-10&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4298%2F1%2Fnakazato.htm&rft.identifier=++Nakazato%2C+Yuji++(2002)+Tachycardiomyopathy.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4298%2F