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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2016

Sushitha Surendran ,
Thittamaranahalli K. S. Kumar  and
Christopher J. Knott-Craig
Sushitha Surendran*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
Thittamaranahalli K. S. Kumar
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
Christopher J. Knott-Craig
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: S. Surendran, MD, PGY5, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, University of Tennessee, 50 N Dunlap St, Memphis, TN 38103, United States of America. Tel: 646 912 2679; Fax: 901 287 5970; E-mail: drssurendran@gmail.com
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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 syndromesympathectomyheart failure
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , January 2017 , pp. 178 - 180
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© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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