Abstract
A 15-year-old boy with heterotaxy syndrome developed a prolonged QT interval and intractable torsade de pointes after the administration of sodium channel blockers for atrial tachyarrhythmia. Although this situation called for the placement of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, a conventional transvenous approach was not available since the patient had previously undergone a nonfenestrated extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection. We were urged to carry out the surgical placement of an epicardial lead for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator using a single coil transvenous shock lead through re-do midline sternotomy. Here we describe the details of this nontraditional surgical procedure for the placement of a lead for an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in a case without venous access into the heart.
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