title: Malignant arrhythmias secondary to a cardiac fibroma requiring transplantation in a teenager.
abstract: We report a case of a 13-year old girl with a diagnosis of cardiac fibroma who was followed for a decade. Although she was predominantly asymptomatic over this time period, she eventually developed significant ventricular arrhythmias. The arrhythmias were originally treated with anti-arrhythmic medications along with an automatic internal cardioverter-defibrillator. However, a nearly fatal event prompted a cardiac transplantation. This represents a unique case of a patient with cardiac fibroma who was bridged to transplantation with an internal cardioverter-defibrillator.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ksharma@stanford.edu
authors.forename: Kapil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rohlicek
authors.forename: Renzo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cecere
authors.forename: Christo I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Tchervenkov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004554:Electric Countershock; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome