Torsades de pointes in a patient with Kearns-Sayre syndrome: A fortunate finding

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 137-139

  Subbiah, Rajesh N ^a,b   Kuchar, Dennis ^a   Baron, David ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Heart block; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

BISOPROLOL; MAGNESIUM; RAMIPRIL; SPIRONOLACTONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ENCEPHALOMYOPATHY; EXTERNAL OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; KEARNS SAYRE SYNDROME; PACEMAKER; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RETINA; SUDDEN DEATH; TISSUE REGENERATION; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KEARNS-SAYER SYNDROME; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 33846308490     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00590.x     Document Type: Article

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