[Acute pulmonary embolism following cardiac arrest in a 31 year-old female with long QT syndrome]

Janusz Sielski; Agnieszka Janion Sadowska; Katarzyna Ciuraszkiewicz; Marianna Janion

[Acute pulmonary embolism following cardiac arrest in a 31 year-old female with long QT syndrome]

Kardiol Pol. 2011;69(6):590-2.

[Article in Polish]

Authors

Janusz Sielski¹, Agnieszka Janion Sadowska, Katarzyna Ciuraszkiewicz, Marianna Janion

Affiliation

¹ Świętokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii, Kielce. [email protected]

PMID: 21678299

Abstract

A case of a young female with acute pulmonary embolism following cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation as a result of long QT syndrome is presented. A differential diagnosis has been discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Heart Arrest / etiology*
Humans
Long QT Syndrome / complications*
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis*
Pulmonary Embolism / etiology