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Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in an Infant with Double Outlet Right Ventricle and Mechanical Dyssynchrony
Author(s) -
ORTEGA MARTA,
MERINO JOSE LUIS L.,
BLANCO FERNANDO V.,
GUTIÉRREZLARRAYA FEDERICO
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02282.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac resynchronization therapy , ejection fraction , cardiology , ventricle , heart failure , qrs complex , ventricular dyssynchrony , heart disease , atrioventricular block
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in an Infant . Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is commonly used in adults with heart failure, poor left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), and wide QRS complex. CRT has rarely been applied in young patients. We report the case of a 10‐month‐old infant with congenital heart disease, postsurgical complete atrioventricular block, and severe refractory heart failure. The patient showed a significant clinical improvement and was withdrawn from the heart transplant list 2 months after epicardially established CRT. (J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol, Vol. 23, pp. 781‐783, July 2012)