Primary endocardial fibroelastosis presenting in a young child as incessant ventricular tachycardia and dilated cardiomyopathy.

Endocardial fibroelastosis is a cardiomyopathy not commonly seen in the present age. We describe the case of a 4-year-old girl who presented with sustained incessant ventricular tachycardia, a severely dilated left ventricle, and cardiac dysfunction refractory to all medical management and even to ablation; she eventually underwent cardiac transplantation. The diagnosis was made only after histopathologic examination of the explanted heart showed clear evidence of endocardial fibroelastosis.

Successful Ablation of Antero-septal Accessory Pathway in the Non-Coronary Cusp in a Child.

A 15-year-old boy with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome underwent an electrophysiology study for symptoms of palpitations and persistence of pre-excitation during peak exercise. He was detected to have right antero-septal accessory pathway with relatively long effective refractory period and no inducible tachycardia. He had only transient normalization with cryoablation.

Central venous catheter-associated pericardial tamponade in a 6-day old: a case report.

Introduction. Pericardial effusion (PCE) and tamponade can cause significant morbidity and mortality in neonates. Such cases have been reported in the literature in various contexts.