%0 Journal Article
%T S¨ªndrome do QT longo e torsades de pointes p¨®s-parto
%A Barcelos
%A Alexandre Maulaz
%A Teixeira
%A Marco Ant£¿nio
%A Maia
%A Marcelo da Costa
%A Camanho
%A Luiz Eduardo Montenegro
%A Assump£¿£¿o
%A Ot¨¢vio Queiroz
%J Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
%D 2009
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC
%R 10.1590/S0066-782X2009001000022
%X this article reports the case of a puerperal patient admitted with diagnosis of urinary tract infection and heart failure. this condition evolved with torsades de pointes ventricular arrhythmias, then, hypokalemia, and use of ciprofloxacin. ventricular arrhythmias did not present any improvement after potassium and magnesium replacement, but after implantation of temporary pacemaker, this condition showed signs of improvement. the patient was discharged with qtc at 490 ms, taking propranolol.
%K arritmias card¨ªacas
%K torsades de pointes
%K insufici¨ºncia card¨ªaca
%K infec£¿£¿o urin¨¢ria.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0066-782X2009001000022&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en