Implantable cardioverter defibrillator as a bridge to recovery in an infant with cardiac rhabdomyoma.
Multiple cardiac rhabdomyomas in an infant presented with recurrent life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias refractory to medical treatment and necessitating the placement of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). The device functioned effectively as a bridge to recovery during a 2-year follow-up period, when the tumor showed spontaneous regression, along with an almost complete resolution of the ventricular arrhythmias. We conclude that childhood cardiac rhabdomyomas causing severe drug-refractory ventricular arrhythmias can be managed by ICD therapy.
Chockalingam
Priya
P
Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Clur
Sally-Ann B
SA
Wilde
Arthur A M
AA
Kuipers
Irene
I
van Woensel
Job
J
Blom
Nico A
NA
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011379:Prognosis; D012207:Rhabdomyoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D016896:Treatment Outcome