Normalization of QT interval duration in a long QT syndrome patient during pregnancy and the postpartum period due to sex hormone effects on cardiac repolarization

HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2016 Mar 2;2(3):223-227. doi: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2015.12.012. eCollection 2016 May.

Authors

Katja E Odening^{1

2}, Gideon Koren¹, Malcolm Kirk¹

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular Research Center, Division of Cardiology, Rhode Island Hospital, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
² Heart Center University of Freiburg, Department of Cardiology and Angiology I, Freiburg, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: Breastfeeding; Long QT syndrome; Postpartum; Pregnancy; Sex hormones.

Publication types

Case Reports