Congenital Short QT Syndrome

Long QT intervals in the ECG have long been associated with sudden cardiac death. The congenital long QT syndrome was first described in individuals with structurally normal hearts in 1957.1 Little was known about the significance of a short QT interval. In 1993, after analyzing 6693 consecutive H...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Charles Antzelevitch, Johnson Francis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2004-04-01
Series:Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
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Online Access:http://www.ipej.org/0402/antzelevitch.htm