Alfarih, M;
Moon, JC;
Fontana, M;
Knight, D;
Captur, G;
(2020)
An unusual cause of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia: Acquired long QT syndrome from atypical variant of stress-induced cardiomyopathy.
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
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10.1177/2050313x20944307.
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Abstract
A 55-year-old woman with a recent history of surgically and radioiodine treated thyroid cancer experienced a run of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia with hemodynamic perturbation during anaesthetic induction with propofol, fentanyl and rocuronium for elective surgical excision of right hip metastasis. Electrocardiography showed new T-wave inversion and QT prolongation that subsequently resolved. Cardiac enzymes were elevated but invasive coronary angiography showed unobstructed epicardial coronary arteries. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance showed not only normal biventricular size and systolic function but also a striking pattern of patchy myocardial oedema involving the basal-to-mid anterior, septal and inferior walls and some associated hypertrophy in the anteroseptum (representing focal myocardial swelling from the oedema) but no focal or diffuse myocardial fibrosis. All these abnormalities resolved on subsequent convalescent imaging. A diagnosis of multifactorial acquired long QT syndrome secondary to atypical variant stress-induced cardiomyopathy was made with the likely provoking factors in this case having been the female sex, understandable pre-operative anxiety, anaesthetic drugs, supraglottic airway placement and thyroid dysfunction. An implantable loop recorder during follow-up detected no further significant arrhythmias and she remains well and asymptomatic to date on a low dose of beta-blocker.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | An unusual cause of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia: Acquired long QT syndrome from atypical variant of stress-induced cardiomyopathy |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/2050313x20944307 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X20944307 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
| Keywords: | Cardiovascular, critical care/emergency medicine, cardiomyopathy, ventricular tachycardia, cardiovascular magnetic resonance |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science > Clinical Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science > Population Science and Experimental Medicine UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science > Population Science and Experimental Medicine > MRC Unit for Lifelong Hlth and Ageing |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10109187 |
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