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

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

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 wa...

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Main Authors: Rahul Myadam, MD, Sanjaya K. Gupta, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
pregnancy
ventricular tachycardia
x-ray fluoroscopy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084921000267
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spelling doaj-695249629f3d4b40988330e74c08834f2021-06-07T07:06:46ZengElsevierJACC: Case Reports2666-08492021-03-0133504507Successful Subcutaneous Defibrillator Implantation in a Pregnant Patient With Long QT SyndromeRahul Myadam, MD0Sanjaya K. Gupta, MD1University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri, USAUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Saint Luke’s Mid-America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr. Sanjaya K. Gupta, Saint Luke’s Mid-America Heart Institute, 9th Floor, Cardiovascular Research, 4401 Wornall Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64111, USA.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.)http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084921000267pregnancyventricular tachycardiax-ray fluoroscopy
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Successful Subcutaneous Defibrillator Implantation in a Pregnant Patient With Long QT Syndrome
JACC: Case Reports
pregnancy
ventricular tachycardia
x-ray fluoroscopy
author_facet Rahul Myadam, MD
Sanjaya K. Gupta, MD
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title Successful Subcutaneous Defibrillator Implantation in a Pregnant Patient With Long QT Syndrome
title_short Successful Subcutaneous Defibrillator Implantation in a Pregnant Patient With Long QT Syndrome
title_full Successful Subcutaneous Defibrillator Implantation in a Pregnant Patient With Long QT Syndrome
title_fullStr Successful Subcutaneous Defibrillator Implantation in a Pregnant Patient With Long QT Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Successful Subcutaneous Defibrillator Implantation in a Pregnant Patient With Long QT Syndrome
title_sort successful subcutaneous defibrillator implantation in a pregnant patient with long qt syndrome
publisher Elsevier
series JACC: Case Reports
issn 2666-0849
publishDate 2021-03-01
description 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.)
topic pregnancy
ventricular tachycardia
x-ray fluoroscopy
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084921000267
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