Short QT syndrome: a case report and review of literature.

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The short QT syndrome has been recently recognised as a genetic ion channel dysfunction. This new clinical entity is associated with an incidence of sudden cardiac death, syncope, and atrial fibrillation in otherwise healthy individuals. The distinctive ECG pattern consists of an abnormally short QT interval, a short or even absent ST segment and narrow T waves. A 30-year-old resuscitated woman with short QT...

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