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Fever-Induced QTc Prolongation and Ventricular Fibrillation in a Healthy Young Man [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Long QT syndrome is associated with lethal tachyarrhythmia that can lead to syncope, seizure, and sudden death. Congenital long QT syndrome is a genetic disorder, characterized by delayed cardiac repolarization and prolongation of the QT interval on the ...
Amin   +18 more
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GENETIC ASPECTS OF CONGENITAL LONG QT SYNDROME

open access: yesРациональная фармакотерапия в кардиологии, 2015
The main symptoms and clinical types of long QT syndrome are described. Molecular genetic diagnostics and updated approaches to the management of patients with long QT syndrome arepresented.
A. A. Chernova   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Meta-analysis of T peak –T end and T peak –T end /QT ratio for risk stratification in congenital long QT syndrome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background and objectives: Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) predisposes affected individuals to ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation (VF/VF), potentially resulting in sudden cardiac death.
Baranchuk, Adrian M.   +12 more
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The QT Intervals in Infancy and Time for Infantile ECG Screening for Long QT Syndrome [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Background: Electrocardiographic and molecular studies have clarified an association between sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and long QT syndrome (LQTS), and few data are available for the QT interval in infancy from birth to 1 year of age ...
Yoshinaga, Masao   +13 more
core   +2 more sources

LONG QT SYNDROME. PART 2

open access: yesŽurnal Grodnenskogo Gosudarstvennogo Medicinskogo Universiteta, 2018
Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a potentially life-threatening canalopathy, accompanied by prolonged QT interval on a 12-channel ECG, syncopal conditions and a high risk for sudden cardiac death due to the development of torsade de pointes (TdP ...
Kalatsei L. V., Snezhitskiy V. A.
doaj   +1 more source

The Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome; atrial pacing combined with ß-blocker therapy, a favorable approach in young high-risk patients with long QT syndrome? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BackgroundPatients with Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome (JLNS) exhibit severe phenotypes that are characterized by congenital deafness, very long QT intervals, and high risk of life-threatening arrhythmias.
Døhlen, Gaute   +4 more
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LONG QT SYNDROME. PART 1

open access: yesŽurnal Grodnenskogo Gosudarstvennogo Medicinskogo Universiteta, 2018
Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a potentially life-threatening channelopathy, accompanied by a prolonged QT interval on a 12-channel ECG, syncopal conditions and a high risk of sudden cardiac death due to the development of torsade de pointes (TdP ...
Kalatsei L. V., Snezhitskiy V. A.
doaj   +1 more source

Transient Long QT Development in a Patient with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

open access: yesJournal of Cardiovascular Emergencies, 2016
QT interval prolongation on the electrocardiogram is considered a precursory sign for imminent, potentially lethal ventricular arrhythmias. Beside the inherited condition of long QT syndrome, numerous drugs, certain electrolyte disturbances and early ...
Czuriga Dániel   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

A study of early afterdepolarizations in a model for human ventricular tissue [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Sudden cardiac death is often caused by cardiac arrhythmias. Recently, special attention has been given to a certain arrhythmogenic condition, the long-QT syndrome, which occurs as a result of genetic mutations or drug toxicity. The underlying mechanisms
Kazbanov, Ivan   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Resuscitation of sudden cardiac death caused by acute epileptic seizures: A case report

open access: yesJournal of Acute Disease, 2016
Symptomatic long QT syndrome in pediatric patients is a life-threatening condition. Sometimes, this pathology can be misdiagnosed and erroneously managed as generalized epilepsy due to similar clinical manifestations.
Dana-Oliviana Geavlete   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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