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Flecainide Induced Ventricular Tachycardia (Torsades de Pointes)
Author(s) -
THEVENIN JEROME,
COSTA ANTOINE DA,
ROCHE FREDERIC,
ROMEYER CECILE,
MESSIER MARC,
ISAAZ KARL
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.1460-9592.2003.00290.x
Subject(s) - flecainide , medicine , torsades de pointes , ventricular tachycardia , cardiology , qt interval , qrs complex , prolongation , tachycardia , anesthesia , electrocardiography , atrial fibrillation
This case report describes a 68‐year‐old woman presenting with flecainide induced syncope due to torsades de pointes (TP) ventricular tachycardia. Before TP onset, the QTc interval reached 680 ms without changes in QRS duration. None of the usual triggers were found. Prolongation of QT under flecaïnide is exceptional and the occurrence of TP without concurrent triggers has not been reported in the literature. (PACE 2003; 26:1907–1908)