[Incessant ventricular tachycardia and myocardial hamartomas in childhood: long-term remission after surgical treatment].
Incessant ventricular tachycardia in children 2 years old or younger is usually caused by a well-localized myocardial lesion that has been termed myocardial hamartoma. Its major clinical manifestation is a rapid and potentially fatal tachyarrhythmia that does not respond to antiarrhythmic drugs. We report a patient who underwent successful surgical excision of the hamartoma and we describe the clinical features, pathologic findings and longterm follow-up.
Benito Bartolomé
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Unidad de Arritmias, Hospital Infantil La Paz, Madrid.
Sánchez Fernández-Bernal
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Jiménez Casso
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D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors