Torsade de pointes in a child with acute rheumatic fever

Leonardo Liberman; Allan J. Hordof; Majid Alfayyadh; Carolyn M. Salafia; Robert H. Pass

doi:10.1067/mpd.2001.110302

Torsade de pointes in a child with acute rheumatic fever

Leonardo Liberman, Allan J. Hordof, Majid Alfayyadh, Carolyn M. Salafia, Robert H. Pass

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Ventricular arrhythmias are uncommon in acute rheumatic carditis. We report the case of a child who presented with rheumatic carditis, prolonged corrected QT interval, and torsade de pointes. The episodes of torsade were controlled with β-blockade and cardiac pacing. The child subsequently died as a result of brain injury; the autopsy revealed classic findings of acute rheumatic carditis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	280-282
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Pediatrics
Volume	138
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1067/mpd.2001.110302
State	Published - Jan 2001
Externally published	Yes

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