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2371586

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-8-23
pubmed:abstractText
A 26-year old woman with congenital complete heart block and prolonged QT interval presented for the first time with syncopal attacks associated with torsade de pointes in adulthood. Cardioversion followed by overdrive pacing was needed to finally control the unstable rhythm. During episodes of non-capture, paraoxysms of torsade de pointes leading to ventricular flutter were recorded by a 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring. Beta-blockade and permanent ventricular pacing finally abolished both the syncopal attacks and the torsade phenomena. The prognosis of congenital complete heart block associated with QT prolongation resembles that of the Romano-Ward syndrome. Recognition of this variant would facilitate earlier treatment of this rare but potentially lethal disorder.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0037-5675
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
185-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Torsade de pointes and syncopal attacks in a 26-year old woman with congenital complete heart block and prolonged QT interval.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, National University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports