Prolongation of the Q-T interval in a victim of sudden infant death syndrome: cause or effect?
South Med J
; 72(5): 522-5, 529, 1979 May.
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| ID: mdl-155881
A 3-week-old infant died of sudden infant death syndrome (crib death, cot death). Although prolongation of the Q-T interval was found on an electrocardiogram taken at birth, this child appeared to have died of terminal respiratory failure as judged by a postmortem arterial oxygen tension of 4 mm Hg. The heart showed right ventricular hypertrophy, a finding consistent with chronic hypoxemia. The prolongation of the Q-T interval may have contributed to the death of this child with hypoxia predisposing to a fatal episode of ventricular fibrillation.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Muerte Súbita del Lactante
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Electrocardiografía
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Enfermedades del Recién Nacido
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
South Med J
Año:
1979
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos