Inducible torsades de pointes during an acute face immersion test in an adolescent with type 2 long QT syndrome.

Cardiology in the Young
Jun MuneuchiMamie Watanabe

Abstract

We present the case of a 12-year-old boy with type 2 long QT syndrome in whom torsades de pointes was induced by an acute face immersion test. This test is feasible to predict cardiac events in adolescents with long QT syndrome.

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