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Can be caused by an abnormal heart rhythm. One of those is called "long Q-T" if I remember correctly, it's an electrical disturbance, can have multiple causes.

14 posted on 07/22/2003 9:49:29 AM PDT by Judith Anne (Lead me not into tempation....I can find it by myself....)

I'll bet one of those $1000 defib units could have saved her. This is a sad one for all people involved.

23 posted on 07/22/2003 10:00:35 AM PDT by DoughtyOne

To: Judith Anne; All

"Can be caused by an abnormal heart rhythm. One of those is called "long Q-T" if I remember correctly, it's an electrical disturbance, can have multiple causes."

A long QT interval can intefere with the next P-Q-R-S-T sequence(the stages in a electrical heart rhytm. The Q-T interval is the length of time from the Q to T segment of a heart beat).

When the QT is prolonged and starts to stretch into the next rhythm sequence, it can create what is called a R on T beat which can send the heart into VTach, often declining into VFIB. The situation is very grave because unless you have immediate difibrillation, there is often death. To bad that the hotel didn't have an AED device. It might have saved her life!

34 posted on 07/22/2003 10:07:55 AM PDT by mdmathis6

Kinda like what happened to Jim Fixx?

36 posted on 07/22/2003 10:09:45 AM PDT by Chancellor Palpatine

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