Is the spiked helmet sign the manifestation of long QT syndrome?

J Electrocardiol

Department of Cardiology, St. Imre University Teaching Hospital, Tétényi út 12-16, 1115 Budapest, Hungary.

Published: June 2021

We present the case of a patient with Takotsubo syndrome developing simultaneous inferior, anterior spiked helmet sign (SHS) and macroscopic T-wave alternans (TWA) leading to torsade de pointes ventricular tachycardia (TdP VT). Based on our observations we propose that the SHS is a type of manifestation of critically prolonged QT(U).

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2019.04.011DOI Listing

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