Successful Subcutaneous Defibrillator Implantation in a Pregnant Patient With Long QT Syndrome

Autor:	Sanjaya Gupta, Rahul Myadam
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	0301 basic medicine medicine.medical_specialty Long QT syndrome LQTS long QT syndrome 030105 genetics & heredity Ventricular tachycardia TV-ICD transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine medicine Mini-Focus Issue: Electrophysiology Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system SCA sudden cardiac arrest Pregnancy biology DT defibrillation threshold business.industry Pregnant patient Syncope (genus) biology.organism_classification medicine.disease ICD implantable cardioverter-defibrillator RC666-701 Cardiology Case Report: Clinical Case pregnancy ventricular tachycardia x-ray fluoroscopy Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business S-ICD subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Postpartum period
Zdroj:	JACC: Case Reports, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 504-507 (2021) JACC Case Reports
ISSN:	2666-0849
DOI:	10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.12.038
Popis:	A 26-year-old woman with recurrent unexplained syncope in the postpartum period was diagnosed with long QT syndrome type 2. Traditional implantation of defibrillator using fluoroscopy became contraindicated after she again became pregnant prior to device implantation. A subcutaneous defibrillator was successfully implanted in the second trimester, after a multidisciplinary evaluation. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) Graphical abstract
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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