title: A patient with LQTS in whom verapamil administration and permanent pacemaker implantation were useful for preventing torsade de pointes.
abstract: A 21-year-old woman with long QT syndrome and missense mutation in HERG (T613M), suffered from repeated attacks of pause dependent torsade de pointes, even though she was given beta-blockers and underwent stellate ganglion block twice at the age of eight. After she received permanent pacemaker implantation and administration of verapamil, no premature beats or pause dependent torsade de pointes was observed.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Japan. nkomi@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Komiya
authors.forename: Kyoei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: Satoki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukae
authors.forename: Kojiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: Shojiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Isomoto
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seto
authors.forename: Katsusuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D016171:Torsades de Pointes / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014700:Verapamil / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014700:Verapamil