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 ...

The problem – Short QT syndrome (SQTS) was first described by Gussak et al in 2000 1 and is defined as an autosomal dominant inherited electrical abnormality of the heart characterised by short QT ...

Objectives The short QT syndrome is a cardiac channelopathy characterised by accelerated repolarisation which manifests as a short QT interval on the ECG. The definition of a short QT interval is ...

A man with concomitant Brugada-like and short QT electrocardiogram (ECG) was identified and the SCN5A gene was sequenced. Whole-cell patch clamp analysis of human embryo kidney ...

ECG from a patient with short QT syndrome. The QT interval is 250 ms and the QTc 270 ms. Note the tall, peaked T waves across the precordial leads characteristic of short QT syndrome. (ECG courtesy of ...

Short QT interval (QTc <320 ms). ST-segment depression ( > 0.5 mm in two or more leads). Pathologic Q waves (>3 mm in depth or >40 ms in duration in two or more leads, excluding III and aVR).

CredibleMeds now includes information from FDA drug labels to inform prescribers of any ECG monitoring recommendations, warnings for use in congenital long QT and any contraindicated concomitant ...