Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum in a child with atrial tachycardia

Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum in a child with atrial tachycardia

A 13‐year‐old girl who had been on home parenteral nutrition for 6 months has been presented with multifocal atrial tachycardia and atrial fibrillation. Echocardiography and multislice computed tomography showed fat accumulation on the interatrial septum. Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial se...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatrics international 2016-06, Vol.58 (6), p.523-525
Hauptverfasser: Tutar, Ercan, Çiftçi, Ömer, Fitoz, Suat, Kendirli, Tanıl, Ödek, Çağlar, Uçar, Tayfun, Kansu, Aydan
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Sprache:eng
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arrhythmia
Cardiac arrhythmia
Catheters
Children
Computed tomography
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography
Fibrillation
Hypertrophy
interatrial septum
lipomatous hypertrophy
Parenteral nutrition
Pediatrics
Septum
Tachycardia
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Zusammenfassung:A 13‐year‐old girl who had been on home parenteral nutrition for 6 months has been presented with multifocal atrial tachycardia and atrial fibrillation. Echocardiography and multislice computed tomography showed fat accumulation on the interatrial septum. Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum has never been reported in children.
ISSN:1328-8067
1442-200X
DOI:10.1111/ped.12917