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Pueraria mirifica, an estrogenic tropical herb, unveiled the severity of Type 1 LQTS caused by KCNQ1‐T587M

Authors :
Hirotaka Oda
Yuko Wada
Yukio Hosaka
Minoru Horie
Asami Kashiwa
Seiko Ohno
Kazuyoshi Takahashi
Takeru Makiyama
Source :
Journal of Arrhythmia, Journal of Arrhythmia, Vol 37, Iss 4, Pp 1114-1116 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2021.

Abstract

After taking an estrogen-containing supplement derived from a tropical plant Pueraria mirifica, a 24-year-old woman presented marked QT prolongation and repetitive torsade de pointes. The patient was found to carry a heterozygous KCNQ1-T587M mutation. This is the first report on Pueraria mirifica-related acquired long QT syndrome.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
18832148 and 18804276
Volume :
37
Issue :
4
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Arrhythmia
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....80b5b0aa8bb6233bfd648d4367dcdfe3