Swimming-triggered aborted sudden cardiac death in a patient with Andersen-Tawil syndrome.
In this report we describe the case of a 42-year-old woman who experienced an episode of near drowning during recreational swimming. A diagnosis of Andersen-Tawil syndrome was made based on the patient's dysmorphic features, characteristic T-U-wave patterns and ventricular arrhythmias. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a swimming-triggered cardiac event in a patient with Andersen-Tawil syndrome.
Efremidis
Michalis
M
Pappas
Loukas K
LK
Sideris
Antonios
A
Letsas
Konstantinos P
KP
Gavrielatos
Gerasimos D
GD
Kardaras
Fotios
F
D000328:Adult; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007101:Immersion; D015701:Near Drowning / Q000209:etiology*; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated / Q000235:genetics; D013550:Swimming; D013577:Syndrome; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular; D014867:Water
C489619:KCNE2 protein, human; D024642:Potassium Channels, Voltage-Gated; D014867:Water