Congenital complete atrioventricular block associated with QT prolongation: Description of a patient with an unusual outcome

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 887-890

  Mendoza, Alberto ^a   Belda, Silvia ^a   Salguero, Rafael ^a   Granados, Miguel Angel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complete atrioventricular block; Long QT syndrome; Torsades de pointes

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; ISOPRENALINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CYANOSIS; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; FOLLOW UP; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QT PROLONGATION; RESUSCITATION; TORSADE DES POINTES; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955552496     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-010-9725-6     Document Type: Article

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