Pueraria mirifica, an estrogenic tropical herb, unveiled the severity of Type 1 LQTS caused by KCNQ1‐T587M

Autor: Hirotaka Oda, Yuko Wada, Yukio Hosaka, Minoru Horie, Asami Kashiwa, Seiko Ohno, Kazuyoshi Takahashi, Takeru Makiyama
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Arrhythmia
Journal of Arrhythmia, Vol 37, Iss 4, Pp 1114-1116 (2021)
ISSN: 1883-2148
1880-4276
Popis: After taking an estrogen-containing supplement derived from a tropical plant Pueraria mirifica, a 24-year-old woman presented marked QT prolongation and repetitive torsade de pointes. The patient was found to carry a heterozygous KCNQ1-T587M mutation. This is the first report on Pueraria mirifica-related acquired long QT syndrome.
Databáze: OpenAIRE