title: Surgical correction of mitral valve prolapse : a cure for recurrent ventricular tachycardia in Marfan syndrome?
abstract: We describe the case of a 3-year-old child with neonatal Marfan syndrome complicated by mitral valve prolapse with regurgitation, marked aortic root dilatation, and ventricular tachycardia. The patient had resolution of ventricular tachycardia following surgical intervention consisting of a valve-sparing aortic root replacement and mitral valve annuloplasty.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital Heart Institute, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center & The Children's Hospital, 1056 E. 19th Avenue, B-100, Denver, CO 80218, USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Beroukhim
authors.forename: John H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Schaffer
authors.forename: Anji T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Yetman
mesh_terms: D000638:Amiodarone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004562:Electrocardiography; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000638:Amiodarone