Refractory Ventricular Tachycardia in a Long QT Syndrome Child Successfully Controlled by Left Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation

• Main Authors: Jih-Chin Chang (Author), Chung-Ping Hsu (Author), Betau Hwang (Author), Pi-Chang Lee (Author), Chi-Ren Tsai (Author), Ming-Chih Lin (Author), Sheng-Ling Jan (Author), Yun-Ching Fu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Long QT syndrome is a congenital disorder accompanied by a high incidence of sudden cardiac death. β-adrenergic blockade is the therapy of choice, and it is successful in 75-80% of patients. However, for those in whom refractory arrhythmia or cardiac events are not prevented by medication, the liter...