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Cardiac resynchronization therapy in an infant with double outlet right ventricle and mechanical dyssynchrony.

Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology (impact factor: 3.06). 02/2012; 23(7):781-3. DOI:10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02282.x pp.781-3
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ABSTRACT Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is commonly used in adults with heart failure, poor left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), and wide QRS complex. CRT has rarely been applied in young patients. We report the case of a 10-month-old infant with congenital heart disease, postsurgical complete atrioventricular block, and severe refractory heart failure. The patient showed a significant clinical improvement and was withdrawn from the heart transplant list 2 months after epicardially established CRT.

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Keywords

10-month-old infant
 
epicardially
 
postsurgical complete atrioventricular block
 
severe refractory heart failure
 
significant clinical improvement
 
young patients
 

Marta Ortega