Cardiac arrest secondary to long QT(C )in a child with propionic acidemia

Pediatr Cardiol. 2008 Sep;29(5):969-70. doi: 10.1007/s00246-007-9160-5. Epub 2007 Dec 5.

Abstract

In 2006 a case report was published in this journal of a child with known propionic acidemia being diagnosed with the long QT(C) syndrome. This following case documents the first reported case of a child with this condition suffering a life-threatening event from the associated long QT(C) syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acidosis / complications
  • Adolescent
  • Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors / complications*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Arrest / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Long QT Syndrome / etiology*
  • Propionates / blood
  • Propionic Acidemia*

Substances

  • Propionates