Life-Saving Cooperative Function of a Subcutaneous Cardioverter-Defibrillator and a Pacemaker in Dextrocardia With Heart Failure

Panagiota Flevari; Dionyssios Leftheriotis; Alexandra Frogoudaki; Gerasimos Filippatos

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102714

Life-Saving Cooperative Function of a Subcutaneous Cardioverter-Defibrillator and a Pacemaker in Dextrocardia With Heart Failure

JACC Case Rep. 2024 Nov 20;29(22):102714. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102714.

Authors

Panagiota Flevari¹, Dionyssios Leftheriotis¹, Alexandra Frogoudaki¹, Gerasimos Filippatos¹

Affiliation

¹ Second Cardiology Department, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece.

Abstract

A 47-year-old man with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries, dextrocardia, heart failure, and pacemaker-dependency presented with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia. He underwent a right-sided transmuscular cardioverter-defibrillator insertion after appropriate testing. One year later, life-saving antiarrhythmic therapy was applied by the subcutaneous defibrillator while the appropriate pacemaker functioning supported heart rhythm.

Keywords: congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries; dextrocardia; pacemaker; subcutaneous defibrillator.

Publication types

Case Reports