Why the study?
Does left thoracic sympathectomy improve management in a premature infant with long QT syndrome and heart failure?
Does left thoracic sympathectomy improve management in a premature infant with long QT syndrome and heart failure?
Left thoracic sympathectomy can be successfully performed in a premature infant to manage long QT syndrome complicated by heart failure and congenital heart defects.
Supports feasibility in premature infants with long QT syndrome; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Left thoracic sympathectomy has been shown to be an effective treatment for adults with long QT syndrome who are refractory to medical therapy. We report the successful use of left thoracic sympathectomy for the management of a 10-week-old premature baby with long QT syndrome and heart failure from a large ventricular septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus.
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