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A case of late‐onset sustained ventricular tachycardia following deployment of amplatzer‐type perimembranous VSD occluder
Author(s) -
Zhou Kaiyu,
Hua Yimin,
Qiao Lina
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.24627
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , tachycardia
Transcatheter closure of ventricular septal defect (VSD) has been widely used worldwide. Despite high success rate and minimal operative mortality, arrhythmia during and post‐operation has been frequently observed. However, sustained ventricular tachycardia following deployment of occluder has not been reported. In this present case, we present one rare case of late‐onset sustained ventricular tachycardia, which developed 71 hr after deployment of an Amplatzer‐type occluder for perimembranous VSD (PmVSD) in a 3‐year and 5‐month‐old boy. The sustained ventricular tachycardia was successfully corrected with the administration of lidocaine, amiodarone, and dexamethasone. The reoccurrence of ventricular tachycardia was not observed in the most recent follow‐up at 6 month. In summary, the current case indicated that sustained ventricular tachycardia could occur following deployment of Amplatzer‐type occluder for PmVSD, which could be corrected with antiarrhythmic drugs. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.