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Aborted cardiac arrest during sport activity in a teenager diagnosed with short QT syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2020

Mehmet G. Ramoğlu Open the ORCID record for Mehmet G. Ramoğlu [Opens in a new window] ,
Selen Karagözlü ,
Tayfun Uçar  and
Ercan Tutar
Mehmet G. Ramoğlu*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical School, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
Selen Karagözlü
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical School, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
Tayfun Uçar
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical School, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
Ercan Tutar
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical School, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
*
Author for correspondence: M. G. Ramoğlu, Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi, Tıp Fakültesi Caddesi, Cebeci/Çankaya, Ankara06590, Turkey. Tel: +90 5327023611; Fax: +90 3123106371. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Short QT syndrome is a malignant repolarisation disorder characterised by short QT intervals. We present a previously asymptomatic 14-year-old male patient with negative family history, who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest while playing basketball and diagnosed with short QT syndrome to make emphasis on the fact that although very rare patients with this syndrome may experience cardiac arrest during exercise.

Keywords

Cardiac arrestexerciseshort QT syndromesyncope
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 30 , Issue 6 , June 2020 , pp. 886 - 889
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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