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FAMILIAL QT PROLONGATION and RISK OF SUDDEN DEATH
Author(s) -
FURBERG CURT,
HöRNELL HERJE
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1975.tb03921.x
Subject(s) - medicine , long qt syndrome , prolongation , sudden death , qt interval , syncope (phonology) , pediatrics , cardiology
Furberg, C. and Hörnell, H. (Department of Clinical Physiology and Paediatrics, Central Hospital, Boden, Sweden). Familial QT prolongation and risk of sudden death. Acta Paediatr Scand, 64:777, 1975.–Two sisters with the syndrome of familial QT prolongation in the ECG and syncope are presented. A recently suggested mechanism of the syndrome is presented and preventive measures to reduce the risk of sudden death associated with it are proposed.