Two cases of 'stone heart' with fatal outcome

Mathias Hald; Jesper Hønge; Rolf Porskjær Dall; Signe Holm Larsen

doi:10.21037/jtd.2017.12.09

Two cases of 'stone heart' with fatal outcome

Mathias Hald^*, Jesper Hønge, Rolf Porskjær Dall, Signe Holm Larsen

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Department of Clinical Medicine - The Department of Cardiological Medicine B

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Abstract

The "stone heart" syndrome is a rare but often fatal complication of cardiac surgery associated with hypertrophy of the myocardium. The mechanisms behind the syndrome are not fully understood. In this case report, we describe two cases of stone heart in newborn girls. Both girls were born with congenital heart abnormalities including ventricular septum defects (VSD), hypertrophy of the myocardium and patent arterial duct (PDA), which was prenatally diagnosed. In each of the two cases, the stone heart became evident immediately after initiating cardiopulmonary bypass, and ended fatally.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Thoracic Disease
Volume	10
Issue	1
Pages (from-to)	E74-E76
ISSN	2072-1439
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21037/jtd.2017.12.09
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

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Hypertrophy
Patent arterial duct (PDA)
Stone heart
Ventricular septum defects (VSD)

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