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16157981

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-9-13
pubmed:abstractText
A 14-year-old boy was admitted for the evaluation of recurrent syncope. His ECG on admission revealed a sinus rhythm with an undetermined QRS axis, T wave inversion at leads V3, V4 and abnormal q at leads I, aVL, V5 and V6. However, no underlying disease could be detected by any morphological examination. Programmed ventricular stimulation also induced no ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation (VF). Only signal-averaged ECG showed ventricular late potential and the cause of syncope was not clarified. As his brother with a similar ECG had died suddenly, he was prophylactically treated with an ICD. However, 14 months later he died suddenly after playing a video game. The ICD recorded VF, which was not converted despite 6 cardioversion attempts by the ICD. Progression of myocardial damages and/or elevation of defibrillation threshold may have been the cause of unsuccessful cardioversion.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0918-2918
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
829-31
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Ventricular fibrillation refractory to ICD therapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports