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Terminal arrhythmia in a patient with Mustard's operation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2006

Shanta Chakrabarti
Affiliation:
Congenital Cardiac Unit, United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
Alan Graham Stuart
Affiliation:
Congenital Cardiac Unit, United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom

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.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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