[Short QT Syndromes].

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The inherited short QT syndrome (SQTS) is a novel, genetically determined arrhythmia that resembles the pathophysiological counterpart of congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS). Gain-of-function ion channel mutations in cardiac potassium channel genes are the currently known cause of SQTS and obvious genetic heterogeneity is evident from the few reported families. At present, three subforms are known, and probably,...

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