Torsades De Pointes Electrical Storm Induced by H1N1 in a Patient with KCNH2 Variant of Unknown Significance

This report describes a case of an electrical storm of Torsades De Pointes in a structurally normal heart, following an H1N1 infection in the presence of a genetic variant of unknown significance. The patient was successfully treated with isoproterenol. This case highlights the dilemma of evaluating...

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Autores principales: Khiatah, Bashar, Dukes, Jonathan, Desai, Christina, Frugoli, Amanda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7395991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32774932
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8889769
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description This report describes a case of an electrical storm of Torsades De Pointes in a structurally normal heart, following an H1N1 infection in the presence of a genetic variant of unknown significance. The patient was successfully treated with isoproterenol. This case highlights the dilemma of evaluating novel genetic testing results in a clinical setting.
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spelling pubmed-73959912020-08-07 Torsades De Pointes Electrical Storm Induced by H1N1 in a Patient with KCNH2 Variant of Unknown Significance Khiatah, Bashar Dukes, Jonathan Desai, Christina Frugoli, Amanda Case Rep Cardiol Case Report This report describes a case of an electrical storm of Torsades De Pointes in a structurally normal heart, following an H1N1 infection in the presence of a genetic variant of unknown significance. The patient was successfully treated with isoproterenol. This case highlights the dilemma of evaluating novel genetic testing results in a clinical setting. Hindawi 2020-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7395991/ /pubmed/32774932 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8889769 Text en Copyright © 2020 Bashar Khiatah et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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_full Torsades De Pointes Electrical Storm Induced by H1N1 in a Patient with KCNH2 Variant of Unknown Significance
title_fullStr Torsades De Pointes Electrical Storm Induced by H1N1 in a Patient with KCNH2 Variant of Unknown Significance
title_full_unstemmed Torsades De Pointes Electrical Storm Induced by H1N1 in a Patient with KCNH2 Variant of Unknown Significance
title_short Torsades De Pointes Electrical Storm Induced by H1N1 in a Patient with KCNH2 Variant of Unknown Significance
title_sort torsades de pointes electrical storm induced by h1n1 in a patient with kcnh2 variant of unknown significance
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7395991/
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