Bedside to Bench...and Back Again: A Case Study on Controlling Symptoms of Long QT Syndrome
Four years ago, a newborn was transferred to NewYork-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital for treatment of a severe arrhythmia. The full-term infant boy had normal heart structure but a prenatal history significant for fetal bradycardia of unclear etiology. There was no family history of arrhythmias, long QT syndrome, or sudden death. "The baby was having multiple episodes of ventricular tachycardia daily," recalls Wendy K.