Documented Sudden Cardiac Death in Prolonged QT Syndrome

Stephen C. Vlay; George I. Mallis; Edward J. Brown; Peter F. Cohn

doi:10.1001/archinte.1984.00350160199033

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April 1984

Documented Sudden Cardiac Death in Prolonged QT Syndrome

Stephen C. Vlay, MD; George I. Mallis, MD; Edward J. Brown Jr, MD; et al Peter F. Cohn, MD

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From the Division of Cardiology, the Department of Medicine, the State University of New York, Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook.

Arch Intern Med. 1984;144(4):833-835. doi:10.1001/archinte.1984.00350160199033

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• Documentation of the mechanism of sudden death is described in a patient with a prolonged QT interval. Ventricular tachycardia was initiated by a ventricular premature beat (VPB) with a prematurity index similar to previous isolated VPBs. This event occurred despite the fact that the patient was receiving phenytoin sodium, a drug known to shorten the QT interval.

(Arch Intern Med 1984:144:833-835)

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