Long QT syndrome

A 15-year-old boy is being cleared to play club rugby. He has never had chest pain, palpitations, breathlessness out of proportion to exertion or blackouts, and…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 59-year-old woman is admitted after vomiting for two days and taking sotalol for recurrent atrial fibrillation. She has several brief episodes of faintness as…

Clinical rotations · common

A 48-year-old woman taking sotalol for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation has two brief episodes of collapse. The ECG monitor records recurrent bursts of polymorphi…

Mechanisms of disease · common