LQTS can be inherited or acquired through medications or electrolyte imbalances, with family history being a significant risk factor. While some individuals with LQTS may not experience symptoms, ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently read that long QT syndrome is quite common. What is it, and how is it diagnosed? I have read that fainting may be one sign of the disorder. Can long QT syndrome be treated ...

Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is the prototypic cardiac channelopathy underscored by profound genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity. In 1991, the first LQTS chromosome locus was identified and subsequently ...

The QT interval on an electrocardiogram signifies the time required for the heart to repolarize after depolarization. It has long been appreciated that a long QT interval predisposes patients to ...

Short QT syndrome is an inheritable primary electrical disease of the heart that was discovered in 1999. The disorder is characterized by an abnormally short QT interval (<300 ms) and a propensity to ...

A machine learning model was more effective at detecting congenital long QT syndrome on resting ECGs than manual measurement of QT intervals by arrhythmia experts, in a new study. Researchers ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In people with long QT syndrome, vigorous exercise did not raise risk for death or arrhythmias vs. nonvigorous ...

Treatment of long QT syndrome (LQTS) aims to prevent sudden cardiac death and similarly fatal abnormal heart rhythms and fainting spells. LQTS is a genetic condition in the majority of cases and ...

Stories of athletes who collapse and die grab the headlines, but you may not hear about the other 4,000 or so American children and young adults who die each year when their hearts malfunction because ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In long QT syndrome, patients doing vigorous exercise did not have more events than those doing nonvigorous ...

What is Long QT Syndrome? Long QT syndrome is a heart condition that causes uncontrolled arrhythmias. It is the most common cause of unexplained deaths and affects approximately 1 in every 2000 ...

Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a disease that affects the normal heart rhythm and electrical activity. It may lead to sudden onset and dangerous arrhythmias (irregularities of heart rate and rhythm) which ...