Wearable cardioverter-defibrillator as bridging to ICD in pediatric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with myocardial bridging - a case report

• Main Authors: Stefan Kurath-Koller (Author), Hannes Sallmon (Author), Daniel Scherr (Author), Egbert Bisping (Author), Ante Burmas (Author), Igor Knez (Author), Martin Koestenberger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background There is only limited experience with wearable cardioverter-defibrillators (WCD) in pediatric patients. We report on the successful application of a WCD in an adolescent patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and myocardial bridging. Case presentation A 15-year-old girl present...