Torsade de Pointes Due to QT Prolongation after Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

We herein report a 60-year-old woman with long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) who developed QT prolongation and torsade de pointes (TdP) after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). When electrical cardioversion was performed three months before PVI, prominent QT prolongation was not observed...

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Autores principales: Chikata, Akio, Kato, Takeshi, Usuda, Kazuo, Fujita, Shuhei, Otowa, Kan-Ichi, Maruyama, Michiro, Hayashi, Kenshi, Takamura, Masayuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8313932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33518578
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.6627-20
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Sumario:We herein report a 60-year-old woman with long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) who developed QT prolongation and torsade de pointes (TdP) after pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). When electrical cardioversion was performed three months before PVI, prominent QT prolongation was not observed. QT prolongation emerged after PVI and was sustained until AF recurrence on the third day after ablation, and TdP disappeared along with AF recurrence. PVI affects the ganglionated plexi around the atrium, leading to modification of the intrinsic cardiac autonomic system. This case indicates that PVI has the potential risk of inducing lethal ventricular arrhythmias due to QT prolongation.

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