PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hayan Al Maluli
AU  - Arnold B. Meshkov
TI  - A short story of the short QT syndrome
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.80a.12029
DP  - 2013 Jan 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 41--47
VI  - 80
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/80/1/41.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/80/1/41.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2013 Jan 01; 80
AB  - Short QT syndrome is a recently recognized cause of cardiac rhythm disorders, including sudden cardiac death. Although the syndrome is rare, its potential lethality justifies routinely screening the electrocardiograms of patients with syncope or unexplained atrial or ventricular arrhythmias to look for this diagnosis. This review discusses recent advances in the understanding of the pathogenesis of this syndrome and outlines some of the challenges in establishing the diagnosis.