AUTHOR=Žlahtič Tadej , Fister Miša , Radšel Peter , Noč Marko , Šinkovec Matjaž , Žižek David TITLE=Case report: Treatment of tachycardia-induced cardiogenic shock with permanent His bundle pacing and atrioventricular node ablation JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine VOLUME=9 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2022.992675 DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2022.992675 ISSN=2297-055X ABSTRACT=

Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy (T-CMP) related to supraventricular arrhythmia is a rare and often unrecognized cause of refractory cardiogenic shock. When rhythm control interventions are ineffective or no longer pursued, atrioventricular node ablation (AVNA) with pacemaker implantation is indicated. Conduction system pacing provides normal synchronous activation of the ventricles after AVNA. However, there is a lack of data on pace and ablate strategy in hemodynamically unstable patients. We report on 2 patients with T-CMP presenting with refractory cardiogenic shock who were successfully treated with His bundle pacing in conjunction with AVNA.