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Torsade de pointes in a child with acute rheumatic fever
L Liberman1, A J Hordof, M Alfayyadh
1Department of Pediatrics, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
The Journal of Pediatrics
|February 15, 2001
Abstract:
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 beta-blockade and cardiac pacing. The child subsequently died as a result of brain injury; the autopsy revealed classic findings of acute rheumatic carditis.