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The Long QT Syndrome in Pregnancy

NCT00488254 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2011-04-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Long QT Syndrome (LQTS) is a disease of young adults and can affect women of child bearing age. Suffers of LQTS are at risk of ventricular dysrhythmias including torsades de pointes and ventricular fibrillation.

Pregnancy increases the chance that any mother may have an abnormal heart rhythm or arrhythmia. This chance is higher with the LQTS. There are only a few reported cases of women with the LQTS having a baby in the medical literature. This can make it difficult for the doctor caring for a pregnant woman with the long QT syndrome - especially should they need an anesthetic.

We would like to study as many women who have had a baby who have the long QT syndrome to give us a better idea of whether there are any arrhythmias occurring at the time of delivery.

Conditions

  • Long QT Syndrome

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Roanne Preston, MD · University of British Columbia

  • Elizabeth Drake, MD · University of British Columbia

  • Joanne Douglas, MD · University of British Columbia

  • Marla Kiess, MD · University of British Columbia

  • Stanley Tung, MD · University of British Columbia

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-06-30
Completion
2008-04-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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