Muneuchi J, Sugitani Y, Watanabe M. Inducible torsades de pointes during an acute face immersion test in an adolescent with type 2 long QT syndrome.
Cardiol Young 2020;
30:1171-2. [PMID:
32690115 DOI:
10.1017/S1047951120002176]
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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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