A good excuse for skipping the test: electrical storm in a teenager

We describe the case of a teenager with a structurally normal heart that presented with torsades de pointes and cardiac arrest. He had a history of epilepsy in childhood, mild cognitive impairment and cognitive visual dysfunction. The baseline electrocardiogram had prominent J waves and a marked ear...

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Autores principales: Rodrigues, Patrícia, Pinheiro-Vieira, António, Loureiro, Marília, Álvares, Sílvia, Anjo, Diana, Roque, Carla, Sousa, Maria João, Torres, Severo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5184841/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28031851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omw086
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author Rodrigues, Patrícia
Pinheiro-Vieira, António
Loureiro, Marília
Álvares, Sílvia
Anjo, Diana
Roque, Carla
Sousa, Maria João
Torres, Severo
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Pinheiro-Vieira, António
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Torres, Severo
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description We describe the case of a teenager with a structurally normal heart that presented with torsades de pointes and cardiac arrest. He had a history of epilepsy in childhood, mild cognitive impairment and cognitive visual dysfunction. The baseline electrocardiogram had prominent J waves and a marked early repolarization pattern in all the leads, with normal QT interval. We discuss the differential diagnosis for this interesting case, as well as the patient's management.
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spelling pubmed-51848412016-12-28 A good excuse for skipping the test: electrical storm in a teenager Rodrigues, Patrícia Pinheiro-Vieira, António Loureiro, Marília Álvares, Sílvia Anjo, Diana Roque, Carla Sousa, Maria João Torres, Severo Oxf Med Case Reports Case Report We describe the case of a teenager with a structurally normal heart that presented with torsades de pointes and cardiac arrest. He had a history of epilepsy in childhood, mild cognitive impairment and cognitive visual dysfunction. The baseline electrocardiogram had prominent J waves and a marked early repolarization pattern in all the leads, with normal QT interval. We discuss the differential diagnosis for this interesting case, as well as the patient's management. Oxford University Press 2016-12-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5184841/ /pubmed/28031851 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omw086 Text en © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Rodrigues, Patrícia
Pinheiro-Vieira, António
Loureiro, Marília
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Anjo, Diana
Roque, Carla
Sousa, Maria João
Torres, Severo
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5184841/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28031851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omw086
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