Open AccessInherited long QT syndrome: Phenotype and therapy to use and avoid
Author(s) -
Conti C. Richard
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960291002
Subject(s) - medicine , citation , long qt syndrome , library science , qt interval , computer science
Patients with long QT syndrome are most commonly of three types. It is important to understand several points about this potentially lethal syndrome: 1. What precipitates the syndrome? 2. What channelopathies are involved? 3. What are the characteristic T-wave abnormalities seen in patients with long QT syndrome? 4. What therapy should be initiated? 5. Who needs an ICD? Table I summarizes several key features of the different long QT syndromes.