Fever-Induced QTc Prolongation and Ventricular Fibrillation in a Healthy Young Man
Yonsei Medical Journal
;
: 1025-1027, 2011.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-116321
ABSTRACT
Long QT syndrome is associated with lethal tachyarrhythmia that can lead to syncope, seizure, and sudden death. Congenital long QT syndrome is a genetic disorder, characterized by delayed cardiac repolarization and prolongation of the QT interval on the electrocardiogram (ECG). Type 2 congenital long QT is linked to mutations in the human ether a go-go-related gene (HERG). There are environmental triggers of adverse cardiac events such as emotional and acoustic stimuli, but fever can also be a potential trigger of life-threatening arrhythmias in long QT syndrome type 2 patients. Herein, we report a healthy young man who experienced fever-induced polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and QT interval prolongation.
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Main subject:
Ventricular Fibrillation
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Long QT Syndrome
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Electrocardiography
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Fever
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Yonsei Medical Journal
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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