Congenital Long QT Syndrome and Cardiac Arrest in a Military Tactical Athlete

We present a case of a U.S. marine who experienced cardiac arrest during military Special Forces underwater diving exercises whose evaluation revealed congenital long QT syndrome. This case highlights the expanding role for systematic electrocardiogram screening in target athletic and military popul...

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Autores principales: Chung, Theodore F., Keithler, Andrea N., Smith, Alexandra J., Bush, Kelvin N.V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37790762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101990
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author Chung, Theodore F.
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description We present a case of a U.S. marine who experienced cardiac arrest during military Special Forces underwater diving exercises whose evaluation revealed congenital long QT syndrome. This case highlights the expanding role for systematic electrocardiogram screening in target athletic and military populations given their stress and tactical exposures. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)
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spelling pubmed-105442982023-10-03 Congenital Long QT Syndrome and Cardiac Arrest in a Military Tactical Athlete Chung, Theodore F. Keithler, Andrea N. Smith, Alexandra J. Bush, Kelvin N.V. JACC Case Rep Case Report We present a case of a U.S. marine who experienced cardiac arrest during military Special Forces underwater diving exercises whose evaluation revealed congenital long QT syndrome. This case highlights the expanding role for systematic electrocardiogram screening in target athletic and military populations given their stress and tactical exposures. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.) Elsevier 2023-08-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10544298/ /pubmed/37790762 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101990 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Congenital Long QT Syndrome and Cardiac Arrest in a Military Tactical Athlete
title Congenital Long QT Syndrome and Cardiac Arrest in a Military Tactical Athlete
title_full Congenital Long QT Syndrome and Cardiac Arrest in a Military Tactical Athlete
title_fullStr Congenital Long QT Syndrome and Cardiac Arrest in a Military Tactical Athlete
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title_short Congenital Long QT Syndrome and Cardiac Arrest in a Military Tactical Athlete
title_sort congenital long qt syndrome and cardiac arrest in a military tactical athlete
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544298/
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