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Long QT syndrome in a neonate
I. Rodríguez-Balderramab,
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Corresponding author at: Servicio de Neonatología del Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González” de la UANL Monterrey, Ave. Francisco I Madero y Ave. Gonzalitos, s/n, Col. Mitras Centro, Código Postal 64460, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico.
, I.B. Morales-Rodríguezb, V. Rodríguez-Martíneza, R. Rodríguez-Bonitob
a Pediatrics Department of the “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, University Hospital of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico
b Neonatology Service of the “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, University Hospital of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Mexico
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A genetic study in all patients with said electrocardiographic alteration must be performed&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> We present a clinical case of a newborn with an abnormal QT prolongation&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="tbl0005"></elsevierMultimedia></span><span id="sec0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0020">Clinical case</span><p id="par0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Newborn without any important hereditary-family history&#44; full term &#40;38&#46;6 weeks&#41;&#44; delivered via C-section due to pelvic presentation&#46; The baby only required the initial steps of reanimation&#44; with an Apgar score of 8&#47;9&#46; A newborn routine was performed registering a weight of 3180<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>g&#44; 49<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>cm in length and a head circumference of 34<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>cm&#46; 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such as biochemical profile&#44; serum electrolytes and complete blood count showed no alterations&#44; as was the case for thoracic X-rays too&#46; The ECG showed sinus bradycardia and we measured the QT using the Bazzet formula finding a long QT in 0&#46;46<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>s &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#fig0015">Figs&#46; 1 and 2</a>&#41;&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0015"></elsevierMultimedia><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0020"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The patient was referred to Pediatric Cardiology where they performed an echocardiogram&#44; reporting a permeable foramen ovale of 2<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mm without hemodynamic repercussion and performed Holter monitoring presenting non-sustained sinus bradycardia with a minimum HR of 58 &#40;bpm&#41; and alternating T waves&#46; With this data&#44; we integrated a sinus bradycardia with long QT diagnosis and we performed consults with the Genetics Service who suspected Andersen&#8211;Tawil syndrome&#46; The patient received treatment with beta-blockers &#40;propranolol 3<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;kg&#47;day orally divided into three doses&#41; evolving to be hemodynamically stable without presenting bradycardias&#46; We considered a discharge after 13 days of life outside the womb&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0025">Discussion</span><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Channelopathies are the main cause of congenital arrhythmias&#46; They are clinical entities in which there is a mutation of the genes that control the formation of transmembrane protein responsible for regulating the amount of ions that go through the cell&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> cLQTS is the first channelopathy described and it is currently considered the most studied&#46; It is characterized by a ventricular affectation of the repolarization phase and can cause sudden death by polymorph ventricular tachycardia or Torsade de Pointes&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> It was first described in 1957 by Anton Jervell and Fred Lange Nielsen&#44; who linked a syndrome characterized by congenital deafness&#44; syncope and sudden deaths with abnormal prolongation of the QT interval&#46; Later&#44; in 1964&#44; Romano and Ward observed similar clinical characteristics but without deafness&#46;</p><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Clinical presentation varies from the asymptomatic patient&#44; to the patient with recurrent syncopes&#44; seizure crises and even sudden death&#46; Its incidence is 1&#47;5000 cases&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0035"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7&#44;8</span></a> To this day&#44; over 500 mutations have been identified&#44; distributed in 10 genes&#46; Genotypically&#44; there are 13 types of cLQTS&#44; and by phenotype&#44; and they can be classified into four different ways&#58; Romano-Ward&#44; Jervell-Lange-Nielsen&#44; Andersen-Tawil and Timothy&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0045"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a></p><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Corrected QT interval measurement was obtained using Bazett&#39;s formula&#44; dividing the QT interval by the square root of the RR interval &#40;cQT<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#61;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>QT&#47;&#8730;RR&#41; ideally in the V5 or DII derivations&#46; In diagnostic orientation Schwartz&#39;s score takes into account electrocardiographic findings&#44; family history and pathological background like syncopes&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0050"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a></p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In this clinical case we phenotypically describe minor facial dysmorphias such as&#58; A wide forehead&#44; low-implanted ears&#44; a thin upper lip and micrognathia&#44; in addition to clinodactyly in the 5th bilateral finger&#44; which fits better in a description of cLQTS 7 or Andersen Tawil&#46; This syndrome currently is considered to be a different entity by many authors&#46; It is an autosomal dominant alteration&#44; predominant in females and phenotypically characterized by clinodactyly&#44; hypertelorism&#44; wide forehead and low ear implantation&#46; Periodic paralysis&#44; abnormal skeletal development and ventricular arrhythmias may occur&#46; Patients tend to be asymptomatic&#44; or minimally symptomatic despite having frequent extrasystoles or ventricular tachycardia&#44; typically bidirectional or polymorphous&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0055"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11</span></a></p><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The beta-blockers&#44; which have been used for over 30 years&#44; reduce global mortality from 73&#37; to 6&#37;&#46; Currently&#44; all patients diagnosed with cLQTS&#44; with or without clinical symptoms&#44; must receive beta-blocker treatment&#44; and in addition the patients are advised to avoid rigorous physical activity and administration of medications which prolong repolarization &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0005">Table 1</a>&#41;&#46; In patients with high sudden-death risk an implantable automatic defibrillator &#40;IAD&#41; must be prescribed&#46; Within this group we included patients who were symptomatic despite beta-blocker treatment&#44; patients with auriculo-ventricular blocks&#44; those with documented ventricular tachycardia in torsade de pointes&#44; and those patients resuscitated from sudden death&#46; It should also be prescribed in patients with an excessively long cQT &#40;&#8805;0&#46;5<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>s&#41; and when there is a family history of sudden deaths&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0060"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a></p><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Aside from the diagnostic suspicion to which phenotypic features may lead us&#44; all abnormal corrected QT patients must be approached with a careful clinical history&#44; and Holter monitoring&#46; We recommend a follow-up by cardiologists and geneticists&#44; and ideally&#44; a genetic screening&#44; which can have an impact on treatment according to the mutations found&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0030">Conclusion</span><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The importance of this case is to create awareness in the medical community of these new pathologies which represent some of the most important causes of neonatal arrhythmias&#59; however&#44; this information&#44; in addition to clinical history&#44; would be of assistance to keep in mind in these entities&#44; thus having early diagnosis and treatment&#44; avoiding death&#46; Moreover&#44; we stress the importance of complementing it with geneticists in order to make better decisions with the families&#46; Even though cLQTS is relatively rare&#44; to recognize this entity is of great importance&#44; because early intervention and treatment can avoid the patient&#39;s sudden death&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0035">Conflict of interest</span><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare&#46;</p></span></span>"
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