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Sudden cardiac arrest as first symptom of a benign cardiac tumor growth / Muerte súbita como primer síntoma de crecimiento de tumor cardíaco benigno
Rivero Jiménez, Natalia; Ortega Molina, Marta; Bret-Zurita, Montserrat; Aroca Peinado, Ángel; Gutiérrez-Larraya Aguado, Federico.
Affiliation
  • Rivero Jiménez, Natalia; La Paz Hospital. Department of Pediatric Cardiology. Madrid. ES
  • Ortega Molina, Marta; La Paz Hospital. Department of Pediatric Cardiology. Madrid. ES
  • Bret-Zurita, Montserrat; La Paz Hospital. Department of Pediatric Radiology. Madrid. ES
  • Aroca Peinado, Ángel; La Paz Hospital. Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery. Madrid. ES
  • Gutiérrez-Larraya Aguado, Federico; La Paz Hospital. Department of Pediatric Cardiology. Madrid. ES
Rev. colomb. cardiol ; 25(1): 102-102, ene.-feb. 2018. graf
Article in English | LILACS, COLNAL | ID: biblio-959954
Responsible library: CO369.9
ABSTRACT
Abstract Primary cardiac tumors are rare, especially in the pediatric age. Most of them are benign in the sense they are not invasive. However, benign tumors maintain the potential for serious illness related to significant hemodynamic compromise or life-threatening dysrhythmias. We present the case of an infant with an initial diagnosis of cardiac rhabdomyoma who suffered ventricular arrhythmia and cardiac arrest. He suffered irreversible severe neurologic sequelae, due to his prolonged cardiopulmonary arrest and was finally diagnosed of cardiac fibroma. Good arrhythmia control was obtained after an extensive partial surgical resection of the tumor. This case highlights the importance of arrhythmia burden in this condition. A correct diagnosis based essentially in different imaging modalities and closer clinical and rhythm follow up could have avoided this ominous event.
RESUMEN
Resumen Los tumores cardíacos primarios son raros, especialmente en la edad pediátrica. La mayoría de ellos son benignos, en el sentido de que no son invasivos. Sin embargo, los tumores benignos tienen el potencial para producir enfermedades graves que pueden causar compromiso hemodinámico significativo o arritmias potencialmente letales. Se presenta el caso de un niño con un diagnóstico inicial de rabdomioma cardíaco, quien sufrió una arritmia ventricular y una parada cardíaca. Tuvo secuelas neurológicas severas irreversibles debido al tiempo prolongado en parada cardiorrespiratoria y se le diagnosticó finalmente fibroma cardíaco. Se obtuvo un buen control de las arritmias después de una extensa resección parcial del tumor. Este caso pretende subrayar la importancia del riesgo de aparición de arritmias en esta situación. El diagnóstico correcto basado fundamentalmente en el uso de distintas modalidades de imagen y el seguimiento clínico y arritmológico, podrían haber evitado este desenlace fatal.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Health context: SDG3 - Health and Well-Being / SDG3 - Target 3.4 Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases / SDG3 - Target 3.2 Reduce avoidable death in newborns and children under 5 Health problem: Target 3.2: Reduce avoidable death in newborns and children under 5 / Cardiovascular Disease / Noncommunicable Diseases / Nutrition Database: COLNAL / LILACS Main subject: Pediatrics / Child / Heart Arrest Type of study: Diagnostic study Limits: Child, preschool / Humans Language: English Journal: Rev. colomb. cardiol Journal subject: Cardiology Year: 2018 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Spain Institution/Affiliation country: La Paz Hospital/ES

Full text: Available Collection: International databases Health context: SDG3 - Health and Well-Being / SDG3 - Target 3.4 Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases / SDG3 - Target 3.2 Reduce avoidable death in newborns and children under 5 Health problem: Target 3.2: Reduce avoidable death in newborns and children under 5 / Cardiovascular Disease / Noncommunicable Diseases / Nutrition Database: COLNAL / LILACS Main subject: Pediatrics / Child / Heart Arrest Type of study: Diagnostic study Limits: Child, preschool / Humans Language: English Journal: Rev. colomb. cardiol Journal subject: Cardiology Year: 2018 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Spain Institution/Affiliation country: La Paz Hospital/ES
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