Hereditary arrhythmia corner: learning from challenging patients. Family with suspect LQTS.

doi:10.1111/j.1542-474x.2010.00395.x

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Hereditary arrhythmia corner: learning from challenging patients. Family with suspect LQTS.

Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc - 1 Oct 2010

Goldenberg Ilan, Huang David T, Balakrishnan Sangeetha, Viskin Sami

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A brother and sister, presented to our Arrhythmia Clinic for evaluation of possible long QT syndrome (LQTS). They are 18 and 15 years of age, respectively. Their mother has been diagnosed with LQTS and the family history is remarkable for a number of sudden deaths. The electrocardiogram (ECG) of the sister is presented in Figure 1. The siblings had been followed by pediatric cardiology since infancy and now they...

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