Report of a life-threatening arrhythmia after hospital discharge in a liver transplant recipient with previously unknown congenital long QT syndrome

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 432-434

  Biancofiore, G ^a   Valentini, C ^a   Cellai, F ^a   Filipponi, F ^a,b   Mosca, F ^b   Vagelli, A ^a  

^a CISANELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Long OT syndrome; Torsades de pointes; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; AZATHIOPRINE; ISOPRENALINE; ITRACONAZOLE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG QT SYNDROME; LONG TERM CARE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QT INTERVAL; RECIPIENT; SINUS RHYTHM; SYNCOPE; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ARRHYTHMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONG QT SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034912690     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(01)80016-5     Document Type: Article

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