Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, congenital heart disease, and sudden cardiac death
- 1 April 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in Pediatric Cardiology
- Vol. 13 (2) , 116-118
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00798219
Abstract
The etiologies of sudden cardiac death following the surgical treatment of congenital heart defects remain uncertain. A young patient with prior repair of partial anomalous plumonary venous return is presented, in whom brief episodes of a supraventricular tachyarrhythmia (rate 170/min) were documented to result in ventricular fibrillation. This unusual sequence may represent a basis for unexplained sudden cardiac death in other patients following atrial surgical procedures for the treatment of congenital heart disease.Keywords
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