title: Rapid evolution of right ventricular cardiomyopathy after surgical closure of a secundum atrial septal defect.
abstract: Rapidly developing diffuse right ventricular cardiomyopathy presenting with right heart failure in a 9-year-old boy within 2 months after surgical closure of a secundum atrial septal defect is reported. The child was treated by palliative surgery with partial exclusion of the right ventricle by bidirectional Glenn shunt.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Guy's Hospital, 11th Floor Guy's Tower, St. Thomas Street, London, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sivasubramonian
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Alphonso
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013997:Time Factors