Cardiology in the Young

Table of Contents - 2006 - Volume 16, Issue 05  


Brief Report

Terminal arrhythmia in a patient with Mustard's operation

Shanta Chakrabarti a1 and Alan Graham Stuart a1c1
a1 Congenital Cardiac Unit, United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom

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Abstract

In spite of significant improvements in outcome, adults surviving the Mustard procedure continue to be at risk of premature death, cardiac failure, and arrhythmias. Primary ventricular fibrillation as a cause of sudden death in these patients may not be uncommon, and implantation of a defibrillator should be considered, particularly if there is systemic ventricular dysfunction and pre-existing heart block.

(Accepted December 23 2006)


Key Words: Atrial redirection procedure; sudden death; ventricular fibrillation.

Correspondence:
c1 Correspondence to: Dr A. Graham Stuart, Congenital Cardiac Unit, United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust, BS2 8BJ, United Kingdom, Tel: +44 117 342 8852; Fax: +44 117 342 8857; E-mail: Graham.Stuart@ubht.swest.nhs.uk

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