Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) encompasses a group of heritable conditions that are
associated with cardiac repolarization dysfunction. Since its initial description in 1957, our …

Increasing maternal mortality and incidence of arrhythmias in pregnancy have been noted
over the past 2 decades in the United States. Pregnancy is associated with a greater risk of …

This international multidisciplinary expert consensus statement is intended to provide
comprehensive guidance that can be referenced at the point of care to cardiac …

Sex-related differences in prevalence, clinical presentation, and outcome of cardiac
channelopathies are increasingly recognized, despite their autosomal transmission and …

Cardiovascular disease (CV) is a leading cause of maternal mortality globally. 1–4 It affects
1% to 4% of pregnancies in the United States 1–4 and is the most common cause of …

While published guidelines are useful in the care of patients with long-QT syndrome, it can
be difficult to decide how to apply the guidelines to individual patients, particularly those with …

Background: With the advent of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) technology in
recent decades, patients with inherited or congenital cardiomyopathy have a greater chance …

Pregnancy is closely associated with an elevated risk of arrhythmias, constituting the
predominant cardiovascular complication during this period. Pregnancy may induce the …

Introduction Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is a genetic
disorder that can cause fatal tachyarrhythmias brought on by physical or emotional stress …

Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is majorly an autosomal dominantly inherited electrical
dysfunction, but there are exceptions (Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome is inherited in an …