BOOK
Arrhythmias in Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Balaji Seshadri | Ravi Mandapati | Gary Webb
(2018)
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Abstract
Get a quick, expert overview of the many key facets of adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) with this concise, practical resource by Drs. Seshadri Balaji, Ravi Mandapati, and Gary Webb. This easy-to-read reference presents a case-based approach to this fascinating and complex field.
- Presents cases provided by ACHD specialists of patients with arrhythmia issues, which are evaluated by an international panel of arrhythmia experts.
- Provides commentary and practical guidance on management of complex cases by today’s leaders in the field.
- Consolidates today’s available information and experience in this emerging area into one convenient resource.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Arrhythmias in Adult Congenital Heart Disease | i | ||
| Arrhythmias in Adult Congenital Heart Disease: A Case-Based Approach | iii | ||
| Copyright | iv | ||
| List of Contributors | v | ||
| Preface | xi | ||
| Dedication | xiii | ||
| Contents | xv | ||
| 1 - Sudden Death Risk in Congenitally Corrected Transposition With Ventricular Dysfunction | 1 | ||
| CASE SYNOPSIS | 1 | ||
| Questions | 3 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 3 | ||
| REFERENCES | 4 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 5 | ||
| TAKE-HOME POINTS (EDITORS) | 8 | ||
| REFERENCES | 8 | ||
| 2 - Complex Transposition With the Risk of Sudden Death While Awaiting Transplant | 11 | ||
| CASE SYNOPSIS | 11 | ||
| Case Description | 11 | ||
| QUESTIONS | 13 | ||
| Consultant’s Opinion | 13 | ||
| REFERENCES | 14 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 14 | ||
| Consultant’s Opinion | 14 | ||
| QUESTIONS | 14 | ||
| TAKE-HOME POINTS (EDITORS) | 15 | ||
| REFERENCES | 15 | ||
| 3 - Atrial Flutter in a Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot Patient With Unusual Venous Anatomy | 17 | ||
| CASE SYNOPSIS | 17 | ||
| History | 17 | ||
| ELECTROCARDIOGRAM | 17 | ||
| ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY STUDY | 17 | ||
| Questions | 23 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 23 | ||
| REFERENCES | 24 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 24 | ||
| RECOMMENDATIONS | 26 | ||
| TAKE-HOME POINTS (EDITORS) | 26 | ||
| REFERENCES | 26 | ||
| 4 - Unrepaired Primum Atrial Septal Defect With Atrial Fibrillation and Broad Complex Tachycardia | 29 | ||
| CASE SYNOPSIS | 29 | ||
| Questions | 31 | ||
| SUMMARY | 33 | ||
| Consultant’s Opinion | 31 | ||
| REFERENCES | 33 | ||
| Consultant’s Opinion | 34 | ||
| REFERENCES | 36 | ||
| 5 - Ebstein Anomaly After Tricuspid Valve Replacement Needing Pacemaker Implantation | 39 | ||
| CASE REPORT | 39 | ||
| Questions | 40 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 40 | ||
| REFERENCES | 42 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 42 | ||
| INTRODUCTION | 42 | ||
| PERMANENT PACING IMPLANTATION METHODS | 43 | ||
| Transvenous Ventricular Pacing | 43 | ||
| Coronary sinus pacing | 43 | ||
| Transvalvular pacing | 43 | ||
| His bundle pacing | 43 | ||
| Leadless Pacemaker | 43 | ||
| Epicardial Ventricular Pacing | 44 | ||
| INTRA-ATRIAL BLOCK VERSUS ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL LEVEL BLOCK | 44 | ||
| SUMMARY | 45 | ||
| TAKE-HOME POINTS (EDITORS) | 45 | ||
| REFERENCES | 45 | ||
| 6 - Transposition With Atrial Switch and Risk of Sudden Death | 47 | ||
| CASE SYNOPSIS | 47 | ||
| Questions | 47 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 48 | ||
| RECOMMENDATION | 49 | ||
| REFERENCES | 49 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 50 | ||
| TAKE-HOME POINTS (EDITORS) | 51 | ||
| REFERENCES | 51 | ||
| 7 - Ebstein Anomaly With Atrial Tachycardia | 53 | ||
| CASE SYNOPSIS | 53 | ||
| Diagnoses | 53 | ||
| Initial Assessment, 2011 | 53 | ||
| Assessment 2013–14 | 53 | ||
| Summary | 54 | ||
| FIRST EPISODE OF CLINICALLY EVIDENT ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIA, SEPTEMBER 2014 | 54 | ||
| FIRST OPERATION—FEBRUARY 2015, SUBSEQUENT EPISODES OF ATRIAL FLUTTER | 54 | ||
| RECURRENCE OF SEVERE TRICUSPID REGURGITATION NOTED OCTOBER 2015 | 54 | ||
| TRICUSPID VALVE REPLACEMENT, MARCH 2016, FURTHER TROUBLESOME ATRIAL FLUTTER | 54 | ||
| OCTOBER 2016, REMAINS LIMITED, LIKELY VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA ON EXERCISE | 55 | ||
| QUESTIONS | 55 | ||
| Consultant’s Opinion | 55 | ||
| WHAT IS HIS RISK FOR SUDDEN DEATH AND DOES HE DEFINITELY NEED AN ICD? | 56 | ||
| ARE THERE ANY OTHER OPTIONS FOR MANAGING HIS RHYTHM PROBLEMS? | 56 | ||
| REFERENCES | 56 | ||
| Consultant’s Opinion | 57 | ||
| TAKE-HOME POINTS (EDITORS) | 58 | ||
| REFERENCES | 58 | ||
| 8 - Resynchronization Therapy and Sudden Death Management in Congenitally Corrected Transposition | 59 | ||
| CASE DETAILS | 59 | ||
| History of Presenting Medical Complaint | 59 | ||
| Admission Blood Tests (Normal Values Given in Brackets) | 59 | ||
| Observations | 60 | ||
| Past Medical History and Medication (Prior to Initial Admission) | 60 | ||
| Current Medications (2017) | 60 | ||
| Social History | 60 | ||
| Electrocardiogram | 60 | ||
| CT Pulmonary Angiogram | 60 | ||
| Cardiac Catheterization | 60 | ||
| Cardiac Catheterization—Post Diuresis at Transplant Center | 60 | ||
| Dual Chamber Pacemaker (ECG) | 60 | ||
| Questions | 62 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 64 | ||
| REFERENCES | 65 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 66 | ||
| Recommendations | 67 | ||
| TAKE-HOME POINTS (EDITORS) | 67 | ||
| REFERENCES | 68 | ||
| 9 - Postmaze Atrial Tachycardia | 69 | ||
| CASE SYNOPSIS | 69 | ||
| Questions | 72 | ||
| Consultant’s Opinion | 72 | ||
| CLINICAL QUESTIONS | 72 | ||
| REFERENCES | 74 | ||
| Consultant’s Opinion | 74 | ||
| DISCUSSION | 75 | ||
| FURTHER READING | 76 | ||
| 10 - Fontan Patient With Brady and Tachyarrhythmia Issues | 77 | ||
| CASE SYNOPSIS | 77 | ||
| 2015 | 79 | ||
| Questions | 83 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 84 | ||
| REFERENCES | 86 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 87 | ||
| RECOMMENDATIONS | 89 | ||
| TAKE-HOME POINTS (EDITORS) | 89 | ||
| REFERENCES | 90 | ||
| 11 - Transposition With Mustard Operation Patient With Risk of Sudden Death | 93 | ||
| CASE SYNOPSIS | 93 | ||
| Questions | 94 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 95 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 97 | ||
| REFERENCES | 97 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 98 | ||
| TAKE-HOME POINTS (EDITORS) | 99 | ||
| REFERENCES | 99 | ||
| 12 - Complex Congenital Heart Disease With Brady-Tachy Syndrome and Antitachycardia Pacing | 101 | ||
| CASE SYNOPSIS | 101 | ||
| Questions | 103 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 105 | ||
| POSTOPERATIVE ATRIAL TACHYARRHYTHMIAS IN FONTAN PATIENTS | 105 | ||
| CATHETER ABLATION | 106 | ||
| ARRHYTHMIA SURGERY | 107 | ||
| Drug Therapy | 108 | ||
| Antitachycardia Pacing | 108 | ||
| REFERENCES | 108 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 110 | ||
| TAKE-HOME POINTS (EDITORS) | 111 | ||
| REFERENCES | 111 | ||
| 13 - Tetralogy of Fallot and Biventricular Heart Failure | 113 | ||
| CASE SYNOPSIS | 113 | ||
| HISTORY | 113 | ||
| CURRENT SYMPTOMS | 114 | ||
| CURRENT MEDICATIONS | 114 | ||
| PHYSICAL EXAMINATION | 114 | ||
| Laboratory Data (Obtained Prior to Transfer) | 114 | ||
| ELECTROCARDIOGRAM | 115 | ||
| CHEST RADIOGRAPH | 115 | ||
| CT SCOUT FILM | 115 | ||
| Questions | 116 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 116 | ||
| REFERENCES | 117 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 117 | ||
| KEY CLINICAL EVENTS | 117 | ||
| TAKE-HOME POINTS (EDITORS) | 119 | ||
| REFERENCES | 119 | ||
| 14 - Transposition Patient With Mustard's Operation and Brady-Tachy Issues | 121 | ||
| CASE SYNOPSIS | 121 | ||
| 2016 | 125 | ||
| Questions | 127 | ||
| Consultant’s Opinion | 127 | ||
| REFERENCES | 129 | ||
| Consultants Opinion | 130 | ||
| TAKE-HOME POINTS (EDITORS) | 132 | ||
| REFERENCES | 132 | ||
| 15 - A Crisscross Heart With Brady-Tachy Issues | 135 | ||
| CASE SYNOPSIS | 135 | ||
| Questions | 140 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 142 | ||
| CASE SUMMARY | 142 | ||
| REFERENCES | 144 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 145 | ||
| TAKE-HOME POINTS (EDITORS) | 147 | ||
| REFERENCES | 148 | ||
| 16 - Repaired Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect Patient With Late Bradyarrhythmia | 149 | ||
| CASE SYNOPSIS | 149 | ||
| Questions | 151 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 151 | ||
| ANSWERS | 151 | ||
| REFERENCES | 153 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 154 | ||
| QUESTIONS | 154 | ||
| TAKE-HOME POINTS (EDITORS) | 156 | ||
| REFERENCES | 156 | ||
| 17 - Postventricular Septal Defect Repair With Bradyarrhythmias and Sudden Death | 157 | ||
| CASE SYNOPSIS | 157 | ||
| Questions | 157 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 162 | ||
| REFERENCES | 164 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 165 | ||
| MANAGEMENT OF POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA | 167 | ||
| TAKE-HOME POINTS (EDITORS) | 167 | ||
| REFERENCES | 168 | ||
| 18 - Atrial Fibrillation and Thrombus in a Patient With a Fontan Circulation | 169 | ||
| CASE SYNOPSIS | 169 | ||
| Questions | 171 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 171 | ||
| SUMMARY | 173 | ||
| REFERENCES | 173 | ||
| Consultant Opinion | 174 | ||
| DIAGNOSIS | 174 | ||
| INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF ATRIAL ARRHYTHMIAS | 174 | ||
| MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF ARRHYTHMIA | 174 | ||
| MANAGING A LARGE INTRAATRIAL THROMBUS | 175 | ||
| THE CONCEPT OF “FONTAN CONVERSION” | 175 | ||
| CONCLUSION | 176 | ||
| TAKE-HOME POINTS (EDITORS) | 176 | ||
| REFERENCES | 176 | ||
| Index | 179 | ||
| A | 179 | ||
| B | 179 | ||
| C | 180 | ||
| D | 180 | ||
| E | 181 | ||
| F | 181 | ||
| G | 181 | ||
| H | 181 | ||
| I | 181 | ||
| J | 181 | ||
| L | 181 | ||
| M | 181 | ||
| N | 182 | ||
| O | 182 | ||
| P | 182 | ||
| R | 182 | ||
| S | 183 | ||
| T | 183 | ||
| U | 183 | ||
| V | 183 | ||
| W | 184 | ||
| Z | 184 |