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Inducible torsades de pointes during an acute face immersion test in an adolescent with type 2 long QT syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2020

Jun Muneuchi Open the ORCID record for Jun Muneuchi [Opens in a new window] ,
Yuichiro Sugitani  and
Mamie Watanabe
Jun Muneuchi*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Fukuoka, Japan
Yuichiro Sugitani
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Fukuoka, Japan
Mamie Watanabe
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Fukuoka, Japan
*
Author for correspondence: Jun Muneuchi, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, 1-8-2, Kishionura, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, 806-8507, Japan. Tel: +81-93-641-5111; Fax: +81-93-642-1868. E-mail: jmune@msn.com
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Abstract

We present the case of a 12-year-old boy with type 2 long QT syndrome in whom torsades de pointes was induced by an acute face immersion test. This test is feasible to predict cardiac events in adolescents with long QT syndrome.

Keywords

Arrhythmiasudden deathsyncopeKCNH2HERG
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 30 , Issue 8 , August 2020 , pp. 1171 - 1172
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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