Inducible torsades de pointes during an acute face immersion test in an adolescent with type 2 long QT syndrome

Jun Muneuchi; Yuichiro Sugitani; Mamie Watanabe

doi:10.1017/S1047951120002176

Inducible torsades de pointes during an acute face immersion test in an adolescent with type 2 long QT syndrome

Cardiol Young. 2020 Aug;30(8):1171-1172. doi: 10.1017/S1047951120002176. Epub 2020 Jul 21.

Authors

Jun Muneuchi¹, Yuichiro Sugitani¹, Mamie Watanabe¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu Hospital, Japan Community Healthcare Organization, Fukuoka, Japan.

PMID: 32690115
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951120002176

Abstract

We present the case of a 12-year-old boy with type 2 long QT syndrome in whom torsades de pointes was induced by an acute face immersion test. This test is feasible to predict cardiac events in adolescents with long QT syndrome.

Keywords: Arrhythmia; HERG; KCNH2; sudden death; syncope.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Electrocardiography
Humans
Immersion
Long QT Syndrome* / complications
Long QT Syndrome* / diagnosis
Male
Torsades de Pointes* / diagnosis
Torsades de Pointes* / etiology