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Aborted cardiac arrest in a patient carrying KCNE1 D85N variant during the postpartum period.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2010
Nakajima Tadashi, Kaneko Yoshiaki, Manita Mamoru, Iso Tatsuya, Kurabayashi Masahiko
Abstract excerpt
The postpartum period is associated with an increased risk of fatal ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS). We describe a 20-year-old female with LQTS who experienced aborted cardiac arrest during the postpartum period. Genetic screening identified a KCNE1 D85N variant, which has been reported to be a LQTS-causing gene variant, in the patient and her younger sister, whose...
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