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Long QT Syndrome:
Author(s) -
MILLER RICHARD F.,
HALEY MICHAEL W.,
LITTMANN LASZLO
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00157.x
Subject(s) - medicine , long qt syndrome , torsades de pointes , cardiology , syncope (phonology) , sudden death , sudden cardiac death , qt interval , pediatrics
MILLER, R.F.,et al.: Long QT Syndrome: First and Fatal Events Provoked by Hemodialysis.Long QT syndrome (LQTS) involves both congenital and acquired predispositions toward the characteristic torsades de pointes (TP) ventricular arrhythmia. Congenital long QT syndrome generally manifests with TP, syncope, or sudden death early in life. This is a documented case of previously undiagnosed congenital LQTS in a 48‐year‐old woman where the first and fatal episodes of TP were provoked by hemodialysis. (PACE 2003; 26[Pt. I]:103–104)