Epicardially placed implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for a child with congenital long QT syndrome

Epicardially placed implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for a child with congenital long QT syndrome

A 7-year-old boy presented at our hospital with syncope. At birth, electrocardiography had shown a long QT interval with torsade de pointes (TdP). Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) had been diagnosed by genetic testing, and was successfully controlled with oral propranolol. At age 7, TdP had recurr...

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Main Authors: Hirotaro Sugiyama, MD, Motomi Tachibana, MD, Hiroshi Morita, MD, Nobuhiro Nishii, MD, Akihito Miyoshi, MD, Hiroyasu Sugiyama, MD, Koji Nakagawa, MD, Atsuyuki Watanabe, MD, Kazufumi Nakamura, MD, Hiroshi Ito, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-06-01
Series:Journal of Arrhythmia
Subjects:
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
Congenital long QT syndrome
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1880427616306986

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