Multiple peritricuspidal reentry tachycardias after cardiac infiltration by leukaemia: a case report

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Abstract Background Cardiac involvement by malignant lymphocytic neoplasms is a rare phenomenon. Little is known concerning cardiotoxicity in the chronic phase after completion of treatment. Case summary A 50-year-old woman with a past history of cardiac involvement of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) underwent electrophysiologic study and catheter ablation for symptomatic atrial tachycardia (AT). She was diagnosed with ALL when she was 8 years old and treated with systematic chemotherapy with prednisolone and vincristine. After complete remission, she suffered from repeated palpitations beginning at the age of 16 years. Electrophysiologic study using high-density (HD) mapping showed two types of peritricuspid AT in addition to low voltage in the right atrium with conduction delay. Discussion Cardiac involvement by malignant lymphocytic neoplasms is a rare phenomenon, and cardiac infiltration often disappears after remission of ALL. Thus, little is known about cardiac electrophysiological characteristics in the chronic phase of complete remission of ALL. We describe a rare case of a patient with multiple peritricuspidal reentry tachycardias after cardiac infiltration by leukaemia using a HD mapping system.