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Congenital long QT syndrome [PDF]

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2008
Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a hereditary cardiac disease characterized by a prolongation of the QT interval at basal ECG and by a high risk of life-threatening arrhythmias. Disease prevalence is estimated at close to 1 in 2,500 live births. The
Celano Giuseppe, Crotti Lia, Dagradi Federica, Schwartz Peter J   +3 more
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QT Adaptation and Intrinsic QT Variability in Congenital Long QT Syndrome [PDF]

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2015
Background Increased variability of QT interval (QTV) has been linked to arrhythmias in animal experiments and multiple clinical situations. Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS), a pure repolarization disease, may provide important information on the ...
Srikanth Seethala, Prabhpreet Singh, Vladimir Shusterman, Margareth Ribe, Kristina H. Haugaa, Jan Němec   +5 more
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The Long QT Syndrome

Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal, 2002
The Long QT syndrome (LQTS) can be inherited or acquired and is of particular interest and concern at present. Patients with LQTS are predisposed to the ventricular tachyarrhythmia torsade de pointes (TdP) which causes syncope and sudden death. Inherited
G. Michael Vincent
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Current and future precision therapy approaches in the long QT syndrome. [PDF]

Med Genet
Nimani S, Barbieri M, Rieder M, Odening KE.   +3 more
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Long QT Syndrome

JACC: Case Reports, 2023
Domenico Corrado, MD, PhD, Domenico Trovato, MD, Alessandro Zorzi, MD, PhD   +2 more
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Long QT syndrome [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2011
In a First Nation community located northeast of Haida Gwaii in British Columbia, a 38-year-old woman required resuscitation from an apparent cardiac arrest that had occurred while she was coaching at a competitive sports event. She had a history of syncope and palpitations.
Heather, Jackson, Lee-Anna, Huisman, Shubhayan, Sanatani, Laura T, Arbour   +3 more
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Long QT Syndrome

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2008
The hereditary long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a genetic channelopathy with variable penetrance that is associated with increased propensity to syncope, polymorphous ventricular tachycardia (torsades de pointes), and sudden arrhythmic death. This inherited cardiac disorder constitutes an important cause of malignant ventricular arrhythmias and sudden ...
Goldenberg, Ilan, Moss, Arthur J.
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Long QT Syndrome [PDF]

Circulation, 2014
A 34-year-old female who is 4 months postpartum presents after a nocturnal seizure. She was awakened at night by an alarm clock to feed her baby, spoke briefly with her husband, and suddenly lost consciousness, appearing to have epileptic-type movements before spontaneously recovering.
Dominic J, Abrams, Calum A, Macrae
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In Vitro Drug Screening Using iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes of a Long QT-Syndrome Patient Carrying KCNQ1 & TRPM4 Dual Mutation: An Experimental Personalized Treatment

Cells, 2022
Congenital long QT syndrome is a type of inherited cardiovascular disorder characterized by prolonged QT interval. Patient often suffer from syncopal episodes, electrocardiographic abnormalities and life-threatening arrhythmia.
Feifei Wang, Yafan Han, Wanyue Sang, Lu Wang, Xiaoyan Liang, Liang Wang, Qiang Xing, Yankai Guo, Jianghua Zhang, Ling Zhang, Tuerhong Zukela, Jiasuoer Xiaokereti, Yanmei Lu, Xianhui Zhou, Baopeng Tang, Yaodong Li   +15 more
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The long QT syndrome [PDF]

Europace, 2001
The Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is an inherited arrhythmogenic disease occurring in the structurally normal heart that may cause sudden death and that usually manifests in children and teen-agers (1). The prevalence of this disorder is still undefined, however it is estimated to be between 1:10000–1:5000.
Priori, SG, Bloise, R, Crotti, L
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