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Preoperative right ventricle voltage mapping in Ebstein’s anomaly: can we make the late arrhythmogenic mortality following the cone procedure zero?1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2017

Lauren A. Weber ,
Joseph W. May  and
Matthew Needleman
Lauren A. Weber
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Joseph W. May
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
Matthew Needleman*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: Matthew Needleman, MD, FACC, FHRS, Department of Cardiology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20889, United States of America. Tel: (301) 295-4500; Fax: (844) 487-1390; E-mail: matthew.needleman@usuhs.edu
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Abstract

A young woman with Epstein’s anomaly had a large endocardial scar in the atrialised ventricular myocardium. In patients with significant preoperative ventricular scarring, more information is needed to help appropriately manage the risk of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death.

Keywords

Sudden cardiac deathcone procedureelectrophysiology studyvoltage mappingEbstein’s anomaly
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , March 2017 , pp. 373 - 374
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© Cambridge University Press 2017 

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Footnotes

1

The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy of the Department of Army/Navy/Air Force, Department of Defense, or U.S. Government. The identification of specific products or scientific instrumentation does not constitute endorsement or implied endorsement on the part of the authors, Department of Defense, or any component agency. Although we generally excise references to products, companies, manufacturers, organisations, etc. in government produced works, this report presents a special circumstance when such product inclusions become an integral part of the scientific endeavour.

References

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