Successful Therapeutic Hypothermia in Patients with Congenital Long QT Syndrome
| Autor: | Mehmet K. Aktas, Alian Aguila |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Resuscitation business.industry General Medicine Hypothermia medicine.disease QT interval Congenital long QT syndrome Physiology (medical) Internal medicine Anesthesia Ventricular fibrillation Cardiology Medicine In patient Electrical instability medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Clinical death |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology. 16:100-103 |
| ISSN: | 1082-720X |
| Popis: | Therapeutic hypothermia has been shown to improve neurological outcomes in patients who remain comatose following resuscitation from cardiac arrest. While there are numerous reports of patients who have had a successful course after induction of therapeutic hypothermia, such therapeutic intervention has not been described in patients with congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS). We report outcomes in two patients with LQTS who had therapeutic hypothermia following a ventricular fibrillation arrest. Careful and routine monitoring of the QT interval in this patient population is necessary due to the potential for worsening electrical instability during induced hypothermia. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2011;16(1):100–103 |
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