[PDF][PDF] Short QT syndrome and idiopathic ventricular tachycardia in a 28-year-old young man: a potential disease-specific link?

S Sadeghian, A Bozorgi, Z Safkhani - Europace, 2014 - escardio.org
A 28-year-old man was admitted to the Emergency Department because of palpitations. 1
He suffered from paroxysmal palpitation episodes during exercise, especially while …

Short QT syndrome

P Bjerregaard, I Gussak - Annals of Noninvasive …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Short QT syndrome (SQTS) is an inheritable primary electrical disease of the heart,
discovered in 1999. It is characterized by an abnormally short QT interval (< 300 ms) and a …

Long QT syndrome misdiagnosed and mistreated as a seizure disorder for eight years

SN Khouzam, RN Khouzam - The Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2009 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The case of a 19-year-old girl who was treated since she was 11 years of age for what was
thought to be a seizure disorder is presented. Various anticonvulsants (carbamazepine …

Short QT syndrome: a familial cause of sudden death

F Gaita, C Giustetto, F Bianchi, C Wolpert, R Schimpf… - Circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—A prolonged QT interval is associated with a risk for life-threatening events.
However, little is known about prognostic implications of the reverse—a short QT interval …

Short QT syndrome: a very rare arrhythmogenic entity

OC Yontar, K Yalta, MB Yilmaz, OO Turgut - Acta Cardiologica, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Short QT syndrome (SQTS) is a gene-related arrhythmogenic syndrome harbouring a large
spectrum of symptoms ranging from mild palpitations to sudden cardiac death. The mutation …

Short QT syndrome in a pediatric patient

J Villafane, ML Young, P Maury, C Wolpert… - Pediatric …, 2009 - Springer
Short QT syndrome (SQTS) is a recently described genetic syndrome characterized by
abnormally brisk ventricular repolarization. Similar to long QT syndrome, SQTS might result …

Supraventricular tachyarrhythmia and sinus node dysfunction as a first manifestation of short QT syndrome in a pediatric patient. Case Report

RG Ploneda-Valencia, WA Ortiz-Solis… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Short QT syndrome (SQTS) represents a diagnosis challenge where the symptoms may vary
from palpitations in an otherwise asymptomatic patient to sudden death. Is a recently …

A rare cause of 2: 1 AV block: long QT syndrome

C Patel, S Narayanaswamy… - Journal of …, 2008 - academia.edu
A 6-year-old female with congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) presented to the hospital with
recurrent syncope. She had frequent episodes of Torsade de pointes (TdP) that occurred at …

Short QT Syndrome: How Frequent Is It and What Are Its Peculiar Features?

F Gaita - Cardiac Arrhythmias 2005: Proceedings of the 9th …, 2006 - Springer
During the last 20 or 30 years the literature on long QT has constantly increased, while short
QT has been substantially ignored. Algra et al.[1], however, reported in 1992 that in a group …

Case report Short QT syndrome–a case report

S Sawicki, W Stadnicki, J Kuśnierz… - Polish Heart Journal …, 2008 - journals.viamedica.pl
We present two new cases of the short QT syndrome–a 23-year-old male and his 42-year-
old mother. Invasive electrophysiological study was negative in both patients. Due to …