Asystole in the prolonged QT syndrome.
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- 1 June 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 59 (6) , 571-573
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.59.6.571
Abstract
We report a 4 1/2 year old boy with the Romano-Ward syndrome in whom an asystolic period of 18 seconds duration followed an episode of ventricular tachycardia. Treatment with propranolol and implantation of a demand pacemaker has prevented further attacks.Keywords
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