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Propranolol syrup to tablets change triggers electrical storm in Jervell-Lange-Nielsen syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2020

Javier Ramos-Jiménez*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Inmaculada Sánchez-Perez
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Nicolás Moreno-Mata
Affiliation:
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Javier Moreno-Planas
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
*
Author for correspondence: Javier Ramos Jiménez, MD, Cardiology Department, University Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Ctra. de Colmenar, Km 9,100, C.P.: 28034, Madrid, Spain. Tel: +34 691 680 034; Fax: +34 91 336 85 15. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

A 10-year-old girl with genetically confirmed Jervell-Lange-Nielsen syndrome treated with beta-blocker and developed electrical storm after changing propranolol syrup to tablets. Jervell-Lange-Nielsen is characterised by long QT and congenital sensorineural deafness, with high risk of malignant arrhythmias at early ages. Gastric involvement and achlorhydria may be present, with subsequent alteration of medication bioavailability which can trigger severe arrhythmic complications.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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