title: Partners in crime in the setting of recurring cardiac arrest.
abstract: No previous reports are available about the potential dramatic effects resulting from the combination of acquired long QT interval not associated to bradycardia and myocardial ischemia. We report the case of a man that during acute necrotic pancreatitis presented QT interval prolongation without bradycardia, TdP, and two episodes of cardiac arrest. A coronary angiogram revealed a subocclusive stenosis of left anterior descending coronary artery, treated with a percutaneous coronary intervention. After myocardial revascularization, even in presence of long QT interval, no arrhythmic events occurred suggesting the key role of myocardial ischemia in triggering TdP in acquired long QT even without bradycardia. ECG performed six months later, after complete recovery from pancreatitis, showed a normal QT interval.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Tor Vergata University Hospital of Rome, Viale Oxford 81, 00133 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Lida P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Papavasileiou
authors.forename: Giovanni B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Forleo
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santini
authors.forename: Eugenio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martuscelli
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Romeo