[An apparent life threatening secondary to long Qt syndrome]

Medicina (B Aires). 2013;73(2):153-4.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We report the case of an infant with an episode of loss of consciousness, in whom ventricular fibrillation was diagnosed. He was successfully defibrillated and long QT syndrome was diagnosed as his baseline disease. This case constitutes a documented example of this entity as a cause of the sudden infant death syndrome.

Keywords: infants; prolonged QT; sudden death.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brief, Resolved, Unexplained Event / etiology*
  • Brief, Resolved, Unexplained Event / therapy
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Long QT Syndrome / complications*
  • Long QT Syndrome / therapy
  • Male
  • Pacemaker, Artificial
  • Sudden Infant Death / etiology
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / therapy