Transvascular Implantation of an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator in a Patient Who has Undergone One-and-a-Half Ventricle Repair

• Published in: Korean circulation journal Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 344 - 347
• Main Authors: Yang, Pil-Sung, Park, Je Wook, Lee, Yong-Joon, Kim, Dong-Jun, You, Seng Chan, Park, Dong Hyuk, Uhm, Jae-Sun, Kim, Nam Kyun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) The Korean Society of Cardiology 01.07.2015; 대한심장학회
• Subjects: Case Report; 내과학; Bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt; Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia; Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; Heart defects, congenital
• ISSN: 1738-5520; 1738-5555
• DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2015.45.4.344

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy is acknowledged as a valid treatment method for the effective prevention of sudden cardiac death, which is a major cause of mortality in adult congenital heart disease patients. But ICD implantation by the conventional transvascular approach is not always possible in patients who have undergone palliative surgery due to congenital and structural heart disease. Here, we report a case in which an ICD was transvascularly implanted in an arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy patient who had undergone a one-and-a-half ventricle repair.