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

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

Front Transplant. 2024 Mar 5:3:1302060. doi: 10.3389/frtra.2024.1302060. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Diego Lineker Marquetto Silva¹, Stephanie Ondracek Lemouche¹, Tatiane Yukari Takahashi¹, Isadora de Campos Zanon¹, Adailson Siqueira¹, Desiree Machado², Estela Azeka¹, Sissy Lara de Melo¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Institute (InCor), São Paulo, Brazil.
² Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Berlin Heart EXCOR®; arrhythmias; cardiology; heart failure; pediatrics; tachycardia.

Publication types

Case Reports

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