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Aborted sudden cardiac death in a young soldier with concomitant hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 December 2018

Sunwon Kim Open the ORCID record for Sunwon Kim [Opens in a new window] ,
Woo Hyuk Song  and
Sung Soon Kim
Sunwon Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea
Woo Hyuk Song*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of Korea
Sung Soon Kim
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Armed Forces Capital Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
*
Author for correspondence: W. H. Song, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiology, Korea University Ansan Hospital, 123, Jeokgeum-ro, Danwon-gu, Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea. Tel: 82 31 412 6558, Fax: 82 31 8099 6352; E-mail: cardiologist@hanmail.net
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Abstract

We present a young soldier presenting with aborted sudden cardiac death, who was found to have concomitant hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome. Along with pathological haemodynamic features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an easily-inducible re-entrant tachycardia was clearly documented in our patient. Given the fatal potential of supraventricular tachycardia in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, we postulated that his tachyarrhythmia could potentially trigger the event. Upon his refusal to receive implantable cardioverter/defibrillator therapy, we ablated anatomical arrhythmogenic substrate instead, and he remained uneventfully over 3 years on β-blocker.

Keywords

Sudden cardiac deathventricular fibrillationhypertrophic cardiomyopathyWolff–Parkinson–White syndromeimplantable cardioverter defibrillator
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , February 2019 , pp. 252 - 255
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© Cambridge University Press 2018 

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Footnotes

Cite this article: Kim S, Song WH, Kim SS. (2018) Aborted sudden cardiac death in a young soldier with concomitant hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome. Cardiology in the Young page 252 of 255. doi: 10.1017/S1047951118002123

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