Case Report: Sustained ventricular arrhythmia in a child supported by a Berlin heart EXCOR ventricular assist device

Diego Lineker Marquetto Silva; Stephanie Ondracek Lemouche; Tatiane Yukari Takahashi; Isadora de Campos Zanon; Adailson Siqueira; Desiree Machado; Estela Azeka; Sissy Lara de Melo

doi:10.3389/frtra.2024.1302060

Frontiers in Transplantation (Mar 2024)

Case Report: Sustained ventricular arrhythmia in a child supported by a Berlin heart EXCOR ventricular assist device

Diego Lineker Marquetto Silva,
Stephanie Ondracek Lemouche,
Tatiane Yukari Takahashi,
Isadora de Campos Zanon,
Adailson Siqueira,
Desiree Machado,
Estela Azeka,
Sissy Lara de Melo

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Diego Lineker Marquetto Silva: Division of Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Institute (InCor), São Paulo, Brazil
Stephanie Ondracek Lemouche: Division of Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Institute (InCor), São Paulo, Brazil
Tatiane Yukari Takahashi: Division of Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Institute (InCor), São Paulo, Brazil
Isadora de Campos Zanon: Division of Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Institute (InCor), São Paulo, Brazil
Adailson Siqueira: Division of Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Institute (InCor), São Paulo, Brazil
Desiree Machado: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
Estela Azeka: Division of Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Institute (InCor), São Paulo, Brazil
Sissy Lara de Melo: Division of Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Institute (InCor), São Paulo, Brazil

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/frtra.2024.1302060
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3

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Mechanical circulatory support is an established therapy to support failing hearts as a bridge to transplantation. Although tolerated overall, arrhythmias may occur after ventricular assist device implantation and can complicate patient management. We report on an infant with dilated cardiomyopathy who developed ventricular tachycardia followed by recalcitrant ventricular fibrillation, refractory to comprehensive medical therapy post Berlin Heart EXCOR® (BHE) implant.

Published in Frontiers in Transplantation

ISSN: 2813-2440 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/transplantation

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