Prolonged QT Syndrome in a 27-Year-Old Female Presenting as a Cardiac Arrest after Elective Surgery

Cardiac arrest is a true medical emergency and clinicians should base the management on American Heart Association advanced cardiac life support algorithm. The potential triggers of cardiac arrest should be sought. We present a case of a 27-year-old female who developed cardiac arrest and was later...

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Autores principales: Mirrakhimov, Aibek E., Voore, Prakruthi, Ali, Alaa M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25431685
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/348274
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author Mirrakhimov, Aibek E.
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description Cardiac arrest is a true medical emergency and clinicians should base the management on American Heart Association advanced cardiac life support algorithm. The potential triggers of cardiac arrest should be sought. We present a case of a 27-year-old female who developed cardiac arrest and was later found to have congenital long QT syndrome. The patient's outcome was favorable. Discussion of the key management options will be discussed in the text.
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spelling pubmed-42412822014-11-27 Prolonged QT Syndrome in a 27-Year-Old Female Presenting as a Cardiac Arrest after Elective Surgery Mirrakhimov, Aibek E. Voore, Prakruthi Ali, Alaa M. Case Rep Crit Care Case Report Cardiac arrest is a true medical emergency and clinicians should base the management on American Heart Association advanced cardiac life support algorithm. The potential triggers of cardiac arrest should be sought. We present a case of a 27-year-old female who developed cardiac arrest and was later found to have congenital long QT syndrome. The patient's outcome was favorable. Discussion of the key management options will be discussed in the text. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4241282/ /pubmed/25431685 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/348274 Text en Copyright © 2014 Aibek E. Mirrakhimov et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Prolonged QT Syndrome in a 27-Year-Old Female Presenting as a Cardiac Arrest after Elective Surgery
title_full Prolonged QT Syndrome in a 27-Year-Old Female Presenting as a Cardiac Arrest after Elective Surgery
title_fullStr Prolonged QT Syndrome in a 27-Year-Old Female Presenting as a Cardiac Arrest after Elective Surgery
title_full_unstemmed Prolonged QT Syndrome in a 27-Year-Old Female Presenting as a Cardiac Arrest after Elective Surgery
title_short Prolonged QT Syndrome in a 27-Year-Old Female Presenting as a Cardiac Arrest after Elective Surgery
title_sort prolonged qt syndrome in a 27-year-old female presenting as a cardiac arrest after elective surgery
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25431685
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/348274
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