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Activation delay-induced mechanical dyssynchrony in single-ventricle heart disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2017

Daniel Forsha*
Affiliation:
Ward Family Heart Center, Children’s Mercy Hospital, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Niels Risum
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Hvidovre University, Hvidovre, Denmark
Piers Barker
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, 2301 Erwin Road, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
*
Corresponding author: D. Forsha, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Ward Family Heart Center, Children’s Mercy Hospital, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MI 64108, United States of America. Tel: +303 921 5878; Fax: 816 302 9987; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

We present the case of an infant with a single functional ventricle who developed ventricular dysfunction and heart failure due to an electrical activation delay and dyssynchrony. Earlier recognition of this potentially reversible aetiology may have changed her poor outcome.

Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2017 

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