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  • Title: [The long QT syndrome: epilepsy as the form of presentation].
    Author: Gatto EM, Fernández Pardal MM, Micheli F, González MA, Daru VD.
    Journal: Rev Clin Esp; 1993 May; 192(8):380-2. PubMed ID: 8511375.
    Abstract:
    Prolongation of the QT interval, either on a congenital or an acquired basis, is associated with an increased likelihood of malignant ventricular arrhythmias with a high rate of morbimortality. Symptoms are variables, and patients may develop seizures, syncope and sudden death. Herein we report a young woman 17 years old with long QT syndrome, seizures and recurrent attacks of syncope; her initial diagnosis was primary epilepsy. An electrocardiogram performed 3 years after the initials symptoms was able to make the diagnosis long QT syndrome. The specific treatment controlled the malignant ventricular arrhythmias and the symptomatic status of this patient.
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