Resolution of anosmia and urinary incontinence after ablation of supra-ventricular tachycardia
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Ella Yahud; Michael Rahkovich; Avishag Laish-Farkash
- Source
- Journal of Cardiology & Current Research. 12:100-102
- Subject
- Tachycardia
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Anosmia
Catheter ablation
Urinary incontinence
medicine.disease
Ventricular tachycardia
Migraine
Internal medicine
Cardiology
medicine
cardiovascular diseases
Supraventricular tachycardia
medicine.symptom
business
Atrial tachycardia
- Language
- ISSN
- 2373-4396
Rationale Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias SVT may cause a significant impairment of quality of life The smell alterations may appear in association with SVT due to side effects of antiarrhythmic drugs but may as well be a manifestation of another underlying disease ndash Patient concerns In this case report we describe a case of a year old female which developed loss of the sense of smell anosmia and urine incontinence around the time when she was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia After radiofrequency ablation of atrioventricular nodal re entry tachycardia AVNRT and atrial tachycardia her ability to smell had recovered and urinary incontinence had improved dramatically During month follow up she reported no complaints of smell anymore Possible underlying mechanisms are discussed Lessons Our case report describes a patient with a supraventricular tachyarrhythmia who suffered reversible anosmia and urine incontinence which resolved after radiofrequency ablation Anosmia in our case report had led to a large spectrum of underlying pathologies to consider The most likely causes of smell disorder in this case were typical aura without headache ndash a rare type of migraine or somatization disorder Catheter ablation may have resulted in the reversal of autonomic imbalance causing improvement and later elimination of anosmia nbsp Rationale Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias SVT may cause a significant impairment of quality of life The smell alterations may appear in association with SVT due to side effects of antiarrhythmic drugs but may as well be a manifestation of another underlying disease ndash Patient concerns In this case report we describe a case of a year old female which developed loss of the sense of smell anosmia and urine incontinence around the time when she was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia After radiofrequency ablation of atrioventricular nodal re entry tachycardia AVNRT and atrial tachycardia her ability to smell had recovered and urinary incontinence had improved dramatically During month follow up she reported no complaints of smell anymore Possible underlying mechanisms are discussed Lessons Our case report describes a patient with a supraventricular tachyarrhythmia who suffered reversible anosmia and urine incontinence which resolved after radiofrequency ablation Anosmia in our case report had led to a large spectrum of underlying pathologies to consider The most likely causes of smell disorder in this case were typical aura without headache ndash a rare type of migraine or somatization disorder Catheter ablation may have resulted in the reversal of autonomic imbalance causing improvement and later elimination of anosmia nbsp nbsp