Implantable cardioverter defibrillator as a bridge to recovery in an infant with cardiac rhabdomyoma.

Abstract

Multiple cardiac rhabdomyomas in an infant presented with recurrent life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias refractory to medical treatment and necessitating the placement of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). The device functioned effectively as a bridge to recovery during a 2-year follow-up period, when the tumor showed spontaneous regression, along with an almost complete resolution of the ventricular arrhythmias. We conclude that childhood cardiac rhabdomyomas causing severe drug-refractory ventricular arrhythmias can be managed by ICD therapy.

• Authors: Priya Chockalingam, Sally-Ann B Clur, Arthur A M Wilde, Irene Kuipers, Job van Woensel, Nico A Blom
• Journal: European journal of pediatrics (Eur J Pediatr) Vol. 168 Issue 7 Pg. 863-6 (Jul 2009) ISSN: 1432-1076 [Electronic] Germany
• PMID: 18815808 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Arrhythmias, Cardiac (etiology, physiopathology, surgery)
• Defibrillators, Implantable
• Electrocardiography
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Heart Neoplasms (complications, physiopathology)
• Humans
• Infant
• Prognosis
• Rhabdomyoma (complications, physiopathology)
• Secondary Prevention
• Treatment Outcome