Torsade de pointes a couplage court compliquee d'une mort subite
Tunisie Medicale [La]. 2004; 82 (6): 542-5
in French
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ABSTRACT
A case report of 38 years old man who exprerienced syncope and torsade de pointes is presented with the short coupled variant. The patient had a normal QT interval [QTC 0,37 secondes] and multiform ventricular premature beats on the resting electrocardiogram. Under antiarrhythmic treatment [intavenous xylocain], torsades de pointes suddenly appeared and cardiac arrest was followed, After cordioversion, sinus rythm was restored. A cardiovascular disease was excluded, the echocordiography, the left and right venlncular angiography and coronarography were normal, Three months after, the patient presented at home a sudden cardiac death
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Torsades de Pointes
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Death, Sudden, Cardiac
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Tachycardia, Ventricular
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Electrocardiography
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
French
Journal:
Tunisie Med.
Year:
2004
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