Abstract

A 43-year-old male was transferred to our institute. His heart rhythm on admission was ventricular fibrillation (VF) which was successfully defibrillated with a direct current shock (DC). A diagnosis of short QT syndrome (SQTS) was made on the basis of an abnormally short QT interval of 280 ms during the sinus rhythm. During treatment for mild total hypothermia, VF recurred repeatedly necessitating DCs. Nifekalant at a dose of 0.3 mg/kg was intravenously administered, the QT interval was prolonged from 280 to 370 ms and VF no longer recurred. Subsequently the patient underwent implantation of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

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Title
Aborted Sudden Cardiac Death Associated with Short QT Syndrome
Author
Okishige, Kaoru 1 ; Sugiyama, Koji 1 ; Maeda, Minetaka 1 ; Aoyagi, Hideshi 1 ; Kurabayashi, Manabu 1 ; Miyagi, Naoto 1 ; Ueshima, Daisuke 1 ; Azegami, Koji 1 ; Takei, Tetsuhiro 2 ; Itoh, Toshitaka 1 ; Makita, Naomasa 3 

 Heart Center, Yokohama-city Bay Red Cross Hospital 
 Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Nagasaki University, Graduate School of Medicine 
 Department of Physiology, Nagasaki University, Graduate School of Medicine 
Pages
214-218
Section
Case Reports
Publication year
2009
Publication date
Dec 2009
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ISSN
1880-4276
e-ISSN
1883-2148
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3074760263
Copyright
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