[The long QT syndrome: epilepsy as the form of presentation].
Prolongation of the QT interval, either on a congenital or an acquired basis, is associated with an increased likelihood of malignant ventricular arrhythmias with a high rate of morbimortality. Symptoms are variables, and patients may develop seizures, syncope and sudden death. Herein we report a young woman 17 years old with long QT syndrome, seizures and recurrent attacks of syncope; her initial diagnosis was primary epilepsy. An electrocardiogram performed 3 years after the initials symptoms was able to make the diagnosis long QT syndrome. The specific treatment controlled the malignant ventricular arrhythmias and the symptomatic status of this patient.
Instituto de Neurocirugía y Neurología, Sanatorio Mitre.
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Gatto
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Fernández Pardal
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Micheli
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González
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Daru
D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology
Síndrome QT prolongado: epilepsia como forma de presentación.