title: [Short coupled variant of "torsades de pointes" and sudden death].
abstract: A case report of 38 year old man who experienced syncope and torsade de pointes is presented with the short coupled variant. The patient had a normal QT interval (QTC: 0.37 seconds) and multiform ventricular premature beats on the resting electrocardiogram. Under antiarrhythmic treatment (intravenous xylocaine), torsades de pointes suddenly appeared and cardiac arrest was followed. After cardioversion, sinus rhythm was restored. A cardiovascular disease was excluded, the echocardiography, the left and right ventricular angiography and coronarography were normal. Three months after, the patient presented at home a sudden cardiac death.
authors.affiliation: CHU Hédi Chaker, Sfax, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Mourad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hentati
authors.forename: Selma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krichene
authors.forename: Zohra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kechida
authors.forename: Iheb
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chahbani
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hached
authors.forename: Zineb
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Grati
authors.forename: Hanene
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Charfeddine
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kammoun
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016171:Torsades de Pointes / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology*