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Refractory ventricular fibrillations after surgical repair of atrial septal defects in a patient with CACNA1C gene mutation - case report.
Journal of cardiothoracic surgery - 19 Dec 2017
Kojima Ai, Shikata Fumiaki, Okamura Toru, Higaki Takashi, Ohno Seiko, Horie Minoru, Uchita Shunji, Kawanishi Yujiro, Namiguchi Kenji, Yasugi Takumi, Izutani Hironori
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) can cause ventricular arrhythmic events with syncope and sudden death resulting from malignant torsades de pointes (TdP) followed by ventricular fibrillations (VFs). However, the syndrome is often overlooked prior to the development of arrhythmic events in patients with congenital heart diseases demonstrating right bundle branch block on electrocardiogram (ECG). We...
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