Incidence and Clinical Relevance of Slow Ventricular Tachycardia in Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Recipients: An International Multicenter Prospective Study

2006 ◽  
Vol 2006 ◽  
pp. 447-448
Author(s):  
A.L. Waldo
Keyword(s):  
Ventricular Tachycardia ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ◽  
Clinical Relevance ◽  
Cardioverter Defibrillator ◽  
Multicenter Prospective Study ◽  
International Multicenter

scholarly journals Incidence and Clinical Relevance of Slow Ventricular Tachycardia in Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Recipients

Circulation ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 112 (7) ◽  
pp. 946-953 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Sadoul ◽  
Ralph Mletzko ◽  
Frédéric Anselme ◽  
Robert Bowes ◽  
Wolfgang Schöls ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ventricular Tachycardia ◽  
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ◽  
Clinical Relevance ◽  
Cardioverter Defibrillator

scholarly journals Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation to Treat Cardiac Fibroma-Induced Ventricular Tachycardia in a 70-Year-Old Woman

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fayaz Ahmad Hakim ◽  
Anil Pandit ◽  
Farouk Mookadam ◽  
Sylvia Mamby
Keyword(s):  
Ventricular Tachycardia ◽  
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Surgical Excision ◽  
Orthotopic Heart Transplantation ◽  
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy ◽  
Cardiac Fibroma ◽  
Outflow Obstruction ◽  
Cardioverter Defibrillator

Benign cardiac fibroma is rarely reported in adults. Its clinical symptoms are related to outflow obstruction or dysrhythmias. We present the case of a 70-year-old woman who had a syncopal episode from ventricular tachycardia caused by cardiac fibroma. Because of unfavorable tumor anatomy, the patient was not a candidate for surgical excision, and she declined orthotopic heart transplantation. To prevent sudden cardiac death, we placed an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, and the patient remained well throughout the 2-year follow-up period. To our knowledge, this is the first report of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy to treat an adult patient's unresectable cardiac fibroma.

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