RESEARCH ARTICLE


Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Management in A Patient with Arrythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia having Prone Thoracic Spine Surgery



Christopher A. Hartmann, Theodore A. Alston, Thomas Romanelli, Jason Qu, Jingping Wang*
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard, Medical School, Boston, MA 02114 USA.


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* Address correspondence to this author at the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard, Medical School, Boston, MA 02114 USA; Tel: +1 617 643 2729; Fax: +1 617 726 7536; E-mail: jwang23@partners.org


Abstract

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia is an inherited condition causing right ventricular structural and functional changes that can manifest by ventricular arrhythmia, heart failure, and sudden death. Therapy is not well defined but avoidance of sudden death is a major goal in patients with the disease. Many patients at high risk for ventricular arrhythmia have undergone automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) placement. This case report discusses the intraoperative management of an ICD in a 50-year-old female with a history of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia who underwent posterior spinal arthrodesis of T7-L1.

Keywords: Implantable cardioverter defibrillator, arrythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia, intraoperative management, Prone spine surgery.