Rare but lethal short QT syndrome: most recent understanding of the disease
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The Short QT Syndrome
Results A total of 61 reported cases of SQTS were identified. Index events, including sudden cardiac death, aborted cardiac arrest, syncope, and/or atrial fibrillation occurred in 35 of 61 (57.4%) cases. The cohort was predominantly male (75.4%) and had a mean QTc value of 306.7 ms with values ranging from 248 to 381 ms in symptomatic cases. In reference to the ECG characteristics of the genera...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Electronic Journal of General Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2516-3507
DOI: 10.29333/ejgm/108495