Short QT syndrome presenting as syncope: how short is too short?

QT syndrome presenting as syncope : How short is too short ?

Short QT: when does it matter?

For half a century, the relationship between the QT interval and cardiac arrhythmias has been recognized,1 although attention has focused primarily on prolongation of the QT. The congenital long-QT syndrome (LQTS) was first identified in patients with syncope, aborted sudden death, or family history of cardiac arrest as an association between a prolonged QT interval and development of potential...

A Familial Cause of Sudden Death

Background—A prolonged QT interval is associated with a risk for life-threatening events. However, little is known about prognostic implications of the reverse—a short QT interval. Several members of 2 different families were referred for syncope, palpitations, and resuscitated cardiac arrest in the presence of a positive family history for sudden cardiac death. Autopsy did not reveal any struc...

Short QT syndrome in a 14-year-old patient: The first pediatric case from Turkey

Short QT syndrome (SQTS) is a cardiac channelopathy associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD) and disposition to atrial-ventricular fibrillation (A-VF) (1). An accelerated ventricular repolarization (VR) abnormality develops in the heart due to an electrical stability disorder secondary to increased extracellular potassium flow in the heart (2, 3). Therefore, ventricular arrhythmias develop, w...

Short QT Syndrome: a familial cause of sudden death.

BACKGROUND A prolonged QT interval is associated with a risk for life-threatening events. However, little is known about prognostic implications of the reverse-a short QT interval. Several members of 2 different families were referred for syncope, palpitations, and resuscitated cardiac arrest in the presence of a positive family history for sudden cardiac death. Autopsy did not reveal any struc...