Left thoracic sympathectomy in a premature infant with long QT syndrome and heart failure

Sushitha Surendran; Thittamaranahalli K S Kumar; Christopher J Knott-Craig

doi:10.1017/S1047951116000883

Left thoracic sympathectomy in a premature infant with long QT syndrome and heart failure

Cardiol Young. 2017 Jan;27(1):178-180. doi: 10.1017/S1047951116000883. Epub 2016 Jun 20.

Authors

Sushitha Surendran¹, Thittamaranahalli K S Kumar², Christopher J Knott-Craig²

Affiliations

¹ 1Division of Pediatric Cardiology,Le Bonheur Children's Hospital,University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center,Memphis,Tennessee,United States of America.
² 2Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery,Le Bonheur Children's Hospital,University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center,Memphis,Tennessee,United States of America.

PMID: 27322872
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951116000883

Abstract

Left thoracic sympathectomy has been shown to be an effective treatment for adults with long QT syndrome who are refractory to medical therapy. We report the successful use of left thoracic sympathectomy for the management of a 10-week-old premature baby with long QT syndrome and heart failure from a large ventricular septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus.

Keywords: Long QT syndrome; heart failure; sympathectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Electrocardiography
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Failure / complications*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Premature*
Infant, Premature, Diseases / therapy*
Long QT Syndrome / complications
Long QT Syndrome / therapy*
Sympathectomy / methods*
Thoracic Vertebrae