New-onset prolonged QTc leading to torsade de pointes in a child with acute liver disease

Paediatr Anaesth. 2012 Jun;22(6):593-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2012.03862.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cardiotonic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Electrocardiography
  • Graft Rejection / therapy
  • Humans
  • Liver Failure, Acute / complications*
  • Liver Failure, Acute / surgery
  • Liver Function Tests
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Long QT Syndrome / etiology*
  • Male
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / etiology
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / therapy
  • Torsades de Pointes / etiology*

Substances

  • Cardiotonic Agents