Aparente amenaza para la vida por el síndrome de QT prolongado / An apparent life threatening secondary to long Qt syndrome
Medicina (B.Aires)
; Medicina (B.Aires);73(2): 153-154, abr. 2013. ilus
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RESUMEN
Se presenta el caso de un lactante con un episodio de pérdida de conocimiento, en quien se diagnosticó fibrilación ventricular. Se realizó desfibrilación externa con éxito, permitiendo luego arribar al diagnóstico etiológico de síndrome de QT prolongado, constituyendo un ejemplo documentado de esta entidad como causa del síndrome de muerte súbita del lactante.
ABSTRACT
We report the case of an infant with an episode of loss of consciousness, in whom ventricular fibrillation was diagnosed. He was successfully defibrillated and long QT syndrome was diagnosed as his baseline disease. This case constitutes a documented example of this entity as a cause of the sudden infant death syndrome.
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LILACS
Main subject:
Long QT Syndrome
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Brief, Resolved, Unexplained Event
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
Limits:
Humans
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Male
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Newborn
Language:
Es
Journal:
Medicina (B.Aires)
Journal subject:
MEDICINA
Year:
2013
Type:
Article