Epinephrine Test in a Patient with Aquired Long QT Syndrome

Template, Example from the year 2017 in the subject Health - Miscellaneous, grade: 10, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy (Cardiology Rehabilitation), language: English, abstract: We report a case of aquired long QT syndrome after Ceftazidime. The patient presented 10 episodes of torsades des points with syncope or cardiac arrest necessitating intubation and mechanical ventilation. After stopping the antibiotic the QT interval normalized. We performed an epinephrine test for concealed long QT and there was a decrease of the QT interval with low dose adrenaline and further decrease with high dose adrenaline. The patient was implanted with a unicameral defibrillator.