Severe transient neonatal long QT syndrome due to maternal paroxetine usage: a case report
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2019-10
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Leerssen, Eeke C M
Tak, Ramon O
Breur, Johannes M P J
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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.
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Long QT syndrome, in utero exposure, neonate, paroxetine, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, Taverne, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
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Leerssen, E C M, Tak, R O & Breur, J M P J 2019, 'Severe transient neonatal long QT syndrome due to maternal paroxetine usage : a case report', Cardiology in the Young, vol. 29, no. 10, pp. 1300-1301. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1047951119001938