Please join us for the CCAS Webinar Series: Pediatric combined heart and liver transplantation: A Growing Population on January 27, 2024 at 10:30am EST. This is a joint webinar from the Congenital … [Read More...]
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CCAS is a society organized within the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia. The CCAS concept originated with cardiac anesthesia directors and other key leaders at major congenital heart disease programs, who believed there was a need for a new society because of rapid advancement of highly specialized knowledge in the field, and a great increase in the numbers of patients, including adults with congenital heart disease.
Question of the Week
An 11-year-old boy with a family history of desmoplakin cardiomyopathy presents for cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. He was recently found to be a carrier for a DSP gene mutation. Which of the following features is MOST likely to be present in desmoplakin cardiomyopathy as compared to other types arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy?
A. Left ventricular epicardial fibrosis
B. Ventricular arrhythmias
C. Biventricular systolic dysfunction