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Severe transient neonatal long QT syndrome due to maternal paroxetine usage: a case report

Part of: Electrophysiology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2019

Eeke C. M. Leerssen Open the ORCID record for Eeke C. M. Leerssen [Opens in a new window] ,
Ramon O. Tak  and
Johannes M. P. J. Breur
Eeke C. M. Leerssen
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, University Medical Centre/Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Ramon O. Tak
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, University Medical Centre/Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Johannes M. P. J. Breur*
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, University Medical Centre/Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Author for correspondence: J. M. P. J. Breur, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, University Medical Centre/Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Lundlaan 6, 3584 Utrecht, the Netherlands. Tel: 088 75 555 55; Fax: 088 75 55 23; E-mail: h.breur@umcutrecht.nl
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Abstract

A female neonate with in utero selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor exposure presented with bradycardia shortly after birth. Electrocardiography showed severe QT prolongation and second-degree atrioventricular block. Over time QT-times spontaneously normalised and genetic testing did not show mutations associated with long QT syndrome making maternal selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor usage the most likely explanation for the observed severe transient neonatal QT prolongation.

Keywords

Long QT syndromeselective serotonin reuptake inhibitorparoxetineneonatein utero exposure

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Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 29 , Issue 10 , October 2019 , pp. 1300 - 1301
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