Electrical storm in pregnancy uncovering an arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy: a case report
Sara Sóñora-López, Víctor González-Fernández, Jaume Francisco-Pascual, Laura Galian-Gay, Antonia Pijuan-Domènech, Valentina Rossi, Alessio Gasperetti, Gregorio Tersalvi, Leo Bergau, Deepti Ranganathan · 2026
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Description
Sara Sóñora-López and co-authors reported in 2026 a case where pregnancy exposed a hidden heart muscle disease through an electrical storm. A 35-year-old pregnant woman at 18 weeks had many runs of a dangerous ventricular rhythm. Scans pointed to arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy in both ventricles. A team from many fields weighed mother and fetus at each step.
Doctors controlled the rhythm with drugs and implanted a defibrillator with low radiation exposure. She left hospital after ten days. A planned induction at 38 weeks ended in a delivery with no problems. Gene testing found a desmoplakin mutation that backed the diagnosis. The authors stress that the strain of being pregnant can unmask silent heart disease. They credit the cardio-obstetrics team and care planned around the patient for the good outcome.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sara Sóñora-López, Víctor González-Fernández, Jaume Francisco-Pascual, Laura Galian-Gay, Antonia Pijuan-Domènech, Valentina Rossi, Alessio Gasperetti, Gregorio Tersalvi, Leo Bergau, Deepti Ranganathan |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |