Incessant ventricular tachycardia due to multiple cardiac rhabdomyomas in an infant with Tuberous Sclerosis

We report a case of incessant ventricular tachycardia managed successfully with medications. The transthoracic echocardiogram showed multiple cardiac rhabdomyomas involving ventricular free wall and outflow tracts. Computerized tomography of brain showed multiple subependymal tubers confirming Tuber...

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Main Authors: Pallavi A. Kathare, Kalyan S. Muthuswamy, Jaishankar Sadasivan, Narasimhan Calumbar, Nageswara Rao Koneti
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-01-01
Series:Indian Heart Journal
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spelling doaj-46f152b119a44ae1a3c49a29cf03ccef2020-11-24T23:31:26ZengElsevierIndian Heart Journal0019-48322013-01-0165111111310.1016/j.ihj.2012.12.003Incessant ventricular tachycardia due to multiple cardiac rhabdomyomas in an infant with Tuberous SclerosisPallavi A. Kathare0Kalyan S. Muthuswamy1Jaishankar Sadasivan2Narasimhan Calumbar3Nageswara Rao Koneti4Department of Pediatric Cardiology, CARE Institute of Medical Sciences, Road No 1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500034, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaCARE Institute of Medical Sciences, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, IndiaCARE Institute of Medical Sciences, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, IndiaCARE Institute of Medical Sciences, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, IndiaDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, CARE Institute of Medical Sciences, Road No 1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500034, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaWe report a case of incessant ventricular tachycardia managed successfully with medications. The transthoracic echocardiogram showed multiple cardiac rhabdomyomas involving ventricular free wall and outflow tracts. Computerized tomography of brain showed multiple subependymal tubers confirming Tuberous Sclerosis. The follow up assessment showed sinus rhythm and regressing cardiac rhabdomyomas.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019483212003045Ventricular tachycardiaCardiac rhabdomyomaTuberous Sclerosis
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author Pallavi A. Kathare
Kalyan S. Muthuswamy
Jaishankar Sadasivan
Narasimhan Calumbar
Nageswara Rao Koneti
spellingShingle Pallavi A. Kathare
Kalyan S. Muthuswamy
Jaishankar Sadasivan
Narasimhan Calumbar
Nageswara Rao Koneti
Incessant ventricular tachycardia due to multiple cardiac rhabdomyomas in an infant with Tuberous Sclerosis
Indian Heart Journal
Ventricular tachycardia
Cardiac rhabdomyoma
Tuberous Sclerosis
author_facet Pallavi A. Kathare
Kalyan S. Muthuswamy
Jaishankar Sadasivan
Narasimhan Calumbar
Nageswara Rao Koneti
author_sort Pallavi A. Kathare
title Incessant ventricular tachycardia due to multiple cardiac rhabdomyomas in an infant with Tuberous Sclerosis
title_short Incessant ventricular tachycardia due to multiple cardiac rhabdomyomas in an infant with Tuberous Sclerosis
title_full Incessant ventricular tachycardia due to multiple cardiac rhabdomyomas in an infant with Tuberous Sclerosis
title_fullStr Incessant ventricular tachycardia due to multiple cardiac rhabdomyomas in an infant with Tuberous Sclerosis
title_full_unstemmed Incessant ventricular tachycardia due to multiple cardiac rhabdomyomas in an infant with Tuberous Sclerosis
title_sort incessant ventricular tachycardia due to multiple cardiac rhabdomyomas in an infant with tuberous sclerosis
publisher Elsevier
series Indian Heart Journal
issn 0019-4832
publishDate 2013-01-01
description We report a case of incessant ventricular tachycardia managed successfully with medications. The transthoracic echocardiogram showed multiple cardiac rhabdomyomas involving ventricular free wall and outflow tracts. Computerized tomography of brain showed multiple subependymal tubers confirming Tuberous Sclerosis. The follow up assessment showed sinus rhythm and regressing cardiac rhabdomyomas.
topic Ventricular tachycardia
Cardiac rhabdomyoma
Tuberous Sclerosis
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019483212003045
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