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Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation: Look for the Hidden Guilty—A case of aborted cardiac death

Authors :
Adriano Carotti
Maria Gnazzo
Sonia B. Albanese
Aurelio Secinaro
Fabrizio Drago
Anwar Baban
Pietro Paolo Tamborrino
Massimo Stefano Silvetti
Marianna Cicenia
Source :
Pediatric Cardiology. 42:1650-1652
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.

Abstract

We report a unique case of a 6-year-old male child with aborted sudden cardiac death due to ventricular fibrillation. A rare anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery was detected and supposed to be the cause of the malignant arrhythmia. Clinical exome sequencing did not reveal any pathogenic variant related to channelopathies nor other known heart-related genes. The patient underwent cardiac surgery and a cardiac defibrillator was implanted for secondary prevention.

Details

ISSN :
14321971 and 01720643
Volume :
42
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Pediatric Cardiology
Accession number :
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