Surgical correction of mitral valve prolapse : a cure for recurrent ventricular tachycardia in Marfan syndrome?

Pediatr Cardiol. 2006 Nov-Dec;27(6):755-8. doi: 10.1007/s00246-006-1102-0. Epub 2006 Sep 30.

Abstract

We describe the case of a 3-year-old child with neonatal Marfan syndrome complicated by mitral valve prolapse with regurgitation, marked aortic root dilatation, and ventricular tachycardia. The patient had resolution of ventricular tachycardia following surgical intervention consisting of a valve-sparing aortic root replacement and mitral valve annuloplasty.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amiodarone / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Electrocardiography
  • Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Marfan Syndrome / complications*
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / complications*
  • Mitral Valve Prolapse / surgery*
  • Recurrence
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / surgery*

Substances

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
  • Amiodarone