Open AccessSudden Paradoxical QT‐Interval Prolongation Exacerbating T‐Wave Alternans in a Patient with Type 3 Long QT Syndrome
Author(s) -
Takasugi Nobuhiro,
Goto Hiroko,
Kuwahara Takashi,
Verrier Richard L.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
annals of noninvasive electrocardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.494
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1542-474X
pISSN - 1082-720X
DOI - 10.1111/anec.12188
Subject(s) - medicine , prolongation , qt interval , long qt syndrome , cardiology , interval (graph theory) , electrocardiography , mathematics , combinatorics
We report a case with type 3 congenital long QT syndrome, who exhibited a sudden paradoxical QT‐interval prolongation during a progressive increase in heart rate, which exacerbated T‐wave alternans.