title: An 18-Year-Old Woman Who Was Found Down.
abstract: An 18-year-old woman was found unresponsive by her mother. After the patient spontaneously regained consciousness, an electrocardiogram showed a markedly prolonged QT interval thought to be due to congenital long QT1. An implantable cardioverter defibrillator was placed. After being free of symptoms for 1 year, she spontaneously developed torsades de pointes that was successfully terminated by the defibrillator.
authors.affiliation: Heartland Cardiovascular Center, Joliet, Illinois.
authors.forename: Mazen M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Kawji
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana. Electronic address: dglanc@lsuhsc.edu.
authors.forename: David Luke
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Glancy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008133:Long QT Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D016171:Torsades de Pointes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*