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Exercise-induced cardiopulmonary arrest in a child with aortic stenosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Hirofumi Saiki
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
Masaya Sugimoto
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
Hideaki Senzaki*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan Department of Pediatrics, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan
*
Correspondence to: H. Senzaki, MD, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Staff Office Building 415, 1981 Kamoda, Kawagoe, Saitama 350-8550, Japan. Tel: +81 49 228 3717; Fax: +81 49 228 3863; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

The beneficial effect of exercise restriction in preventing sudden cardiac death in children with aortic stenosis remains unclear. We report the case of a 15-year-old boy with congenital aortic stenosis who was resuscitated after sudden cardiac arrest during exercise. The case led to the new concept that exercise restriction may prevent not only unpredictable ventricular ischaemic events and associated arrhythmias but also progressive ventricular hypertrophy.

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Brief Reports
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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