Long QT-Syndrome With Torsades de Pointes Managed Considering Financial Constraints Faced by the Patient

Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a rare arrhythmogenic condition characterized by abnormally long QT intervals on an electrocardiogram. The prevalence varies between 1 in 3000 and 1 in 10,000 but often remains undiagnosed. It is responsible for 3000 to 4000 sudden deaths among children and adults in the U...

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Autores principales: Patel, Ramesh, Aggarwal, Sandeep, Athwal, Pal Satyajit Singh, Randhawa, Sandeep, Kahlon, Sukhmanii
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8313066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34336413
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15892
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author Patel, Ramesh
Aggarwal, Sandeep
Athwal, Pal Satyajit Singh
Randhawa, Sandeep
Kahlon, Sukhmanii
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description Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a rare arrhythmogenic condition characterized by abnormally long QT intervals on an electrocardiogram. The prevalence varies between 1 in 3000 and 1 in 10,000 but often remains undiagnosed. It is responsible for 3000 to 4000 sudden deaths among children and adults in the United States alone. LQTS can lead to torsades de pointes which is seen as twisting of QRS complex on electrocardiogram. We report a case of a 35-year-old patient with LQTS who presented with syncope and was found to have torsades de pointes. After acute management the patient was advised for automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) but because of financial constraints, she was placed on beta-blockers and permanent pacemaker.
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spelling pubmed-83130662021-07-29 Long QT-Syndrome With Torsades de Pointes Managed Considering Financial Constraints Faced by the Patient Patel, Ramesh Aggarwal, Sandeep Athwal, Pal Satyajit Singh Randhawa, Sandeep Kahlon, Sukhmanii Cureus Cardiology Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a rare arrhythmogenic condition characterized by abnormally long QT intervals on an electrocardiogram. The prevalence varies between 1 in 3000 and 1 in 10,000 but often remains undiagnosed. It is responsible for 3000 to 4000 sudden deaths among children and adults in the United States alone. LQTS can lead to torsades de pointes which is seen as twisting of QRS complex on electrocardiogram. We report a case of a 35-year-old patient with LQTS who presented with syncope and was found to have torsades de pointes. After acute management the patient was advised for automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD) but because of financial constraints, she was placed on beta-blockers and permanent pacemaker. Cureus 2021-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8313066/ /pubmed/34336413 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15892 Text en Copyright © 2021, Patel et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Patel, Ramesh
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Kahlon, Sukhmanii
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title_fullStr Long QT-Syndrome With Torsades de Pointes Managed Considering Financial Constraints Faced by the Patient
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title_short Long QT-Syndrome With Torsades de Pointes Managed Considering Financial Constraints Faced by the Patient
title_sort long qt-syndrome with torsades de pointes managed considering financial constraints faced by the patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8313066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34336413
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.15892
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