title: Iatrogenic ventricular tachycardia.
abstract: Cardiac arrhythmias may complicate the clinical course in infants and children following cardiac surgery. Here, we report on a 6-week-old neonate who developed life-threatening ventricular tachycardia with cardio-circulatory compromise after the removal of a substernal catheter that surrounded the heart. The treating physician should be prepared for device-related ventricular tachycardia when temporary devices are removed, and adequate treatment must be initiated immediately.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Saarland, 66421, Homburg, Germany. sascha.meyer@uniklinik-saarland.de
authors.forename: Sascha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Günther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Löffler
authors.forename: Ludwig
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gortner
authors.forename: Hashim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abdul-Khaliq
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003310:Cor Triatriatum / Q000601:surgery; D020878:Device Removal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007223:Infant; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
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