[Torsade de pointes ventricular tachycardia in idiopathic QT syndrome: successful treatment with AAI pacing].
A 30-year-old woman with an idiopathic long QT-syndrome developed recurrent episodes of torsade de pointes ventricular tachycardia. Therapy with beta blocking agents and exhairesis of the left ganglion stellatum had failed to suppress these life-threatening tachyarrhythmias. After implantation of an AAI pacemaker system these ventricular arrhythmias disappeared. The patient remained without ventricular arrhythmias up to the time of discharge and during a 5 months' follow-up.
Trappe
H J
HJ
Abteilung Kardiologie, Thorax-, Herz- und Gefässchirurgie der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover.
Klein
H
H
Schröder
E
E
Siclari
F
F
Förster
K
K
Schlepper
M
M
Lichtlen
P R
PR
D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000628:therapy*; D005117:Cardiac Complexes, Premature / Q000628:therapy; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012984:Software; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000628:therapy*
Torsade-de-pointes-Kammertachykardie bei idiopathischem QT-Syndrom: Erfolgreiche Behandlung mit AAI-Pacing als therapeutische Alternative.