Open AccessClinical, genetic characteristics, and course of congenital long QT syndrome in children: a nine years single-center experience
Author(s) -
Yakup Ergül,
Gülhan Tunca Şahin,
Hasan Kafalı,
Erkut Öztürk,
Senem Özgür,
Sertaç Haydın,
Alper Güzeltaş
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the anatolian journal of cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2149-2271
pISSN - 2149-2263
DOI - 10.14744/anatoljcardiol.2020.08791
Subject(s) - medicine , long qt syndrome , asymptomatic , sudden cardiac death , cardiology , retrospective cohort study , qt interval , single center , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , pediatrics
Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is an inherited primary arrhythmia syndrome associated with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death. This study aimed to report the clinical and genetic characteristics and outcomes of children diagnosed as having LQTS in a tertiary pediatric cardiology center in Turkey.