RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Congenital long QT syndrome: Considerations for primary care physicians
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 591
OP 600
VO 75
IS 8
A1 Ethan Levine
A1 Spencer Z. Rosero
A1 Adam S. Budzikowski
A1 Arthur J. Moss
A1 Wojciech Zareba
A1 James P. Daubert
YR 2008
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/75/8/591.abstract
AB Congenital long QT syndrome is an inherited disorder of cardiac repolarization that predisposes to syncope and to sudden death from polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. The disorder should be suspected when the electrocardiogram shows characteristic QT abnormalities, or when there is a family history of long QT syndrome or of an event that raises suspicion of long QT syndrome, such as sudden death, syncope, or ill-defined “seizure” disorder. We can now classify some types of congenital long QT syndrome according to their genetic mutations and their triggers, such as exercise, rest, or startle.