Multifocal Purkinje-like hamartoma and junctional ectopic tachycardia with a rapidly fatal outcome in a newborn

Heart Rhythm. 2014 Jul;11(7):1264-6. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.10.002. Epub 2013 Oct 3.

Authors

Stefania Rizzo¹, Cristina Basso¹, Gianfranco Buja¹, Marialuisa Valente¹, Gaetano Thiene²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy.
² Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy. Electronic address: gaetano.thiene@unipd.it.

PMID: 24096165
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.10.002

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac tumor; Conduction system; Junctional ectopic tachycardia; Pathology.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Electrocardiography
Fatal Outcome
Female
Hamartoma / complications*
Hamartoma / pathology
Heart Conduction System / pathology*
Heart Neoplasms / complications*
Heart Neoplasms / pathology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Tachycardia, Ectopic Junctional / complications*