Premature atrial contraction induces torsades de pointes in a patient of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy with QT prolongation.

Although the prognosis for patients with stress-induced cardiomyopathy (Takotsubo cardiomyopathy) is relatively good, some patients with this syndrome develop torsades de pointes, which can be fatal. The present report describes a patient with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and torsades de pointes induced by premature atrial contraction associated with QT interval prolongation, hypokalemia and hypomagnesemia.

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Hiroaki Kawano, Yuji Matsumoto, Shuji Arakawa, Osami Satoh, Motonobu Hayano. Premature atrial contraction induces torsades de pointes in a patient of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy with QT prolongation. Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan). 2010;49(16):1767-73

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PMID: 20720356

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