Secondary arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy decades after operative repair of tetralogy of Fallot

Am J Cardiol. 2014 Sep 1;114(5):806-9. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2014.05.053. Epub 2014 Jun 18.

Abstract

We describe a 47-year-old man who underwent heart transplantation (HT) for severe right-sided heart failure and periodic episodes of ventricular tachycardia (VT) 43 years after operative repair of tetralogy of Fallot (T of F). The right-ventricular outflow tract, the site where a patch had been placed 4 decades earlier, was aneurysmal. Such development decades after operative repair of T of F of both aneurysm and episodes of VT is probably more common than previously realized.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / diagnosis
  • Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / etiology*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
  • Disease Progression
  • Electrocardiography
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications*
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / surgery*
  • Time Factors
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed