title: [An apparent life threatening secondary to long Qt syndrome].
abstract: We report the case of an infant with an episode of loss of consciousness, in whom ventricular fibrillation was diagnosed. He was successfully defibrillated and long QT syndrome was diagnosed as his baseline disease. This case constitutes a documented example of this entity as a cause of the sudden infant death syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Electrofisiología Pediátrica, Clinica y Maternidad Suizo-Argentina. jmoltedo@intramed.net
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Moltedo
authors.forename: Mónica N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Benjamín
authors.forename: Julián
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olmedo
authors.forename: Mauricio S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Abello
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giménez
mesh_terms: D057768:Brief, Resolved, Unexplained Event / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000209:etiology; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy
keywords: infants; prolonged QT; sudden death