Short QT syndrome history and symptoms
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Overview
Overview
The symptoms of short QT syndrome include sudden death, syncope, atrial fibrillation and palpitations.
Sudden Death
Sudden Death
Sudden death may be the first presentation of the disease.
- The most common symptom of short QT syndrome is cardiac arrest (34%)[1].
- The first symptom of short QT syndrome is most often cardiac arrest (28%)[1]
Syncope
Syncope
- Syncope is the first symptom in 24% of patients and is most likely due to self-terminating ventricular fibrillation.
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial fibrillation is present in up to 80% of patients with short QT syndrome.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Antzelevitch C, Pollevick GD, Cordeiro JM, Casis O, Sanguinetti MC, Aizawa Y, Guerchicoff A, Pfeiffer R, Oliva A, Wollnik B, Gelber P, Bonaros EP, Burashnikov E, Wu Y, Sargent JD, Schickel S, Oberheiden R, Bhatia A, Hsu LF, Haïssaguerre M, Schimpf R, Borggrefe M, Wolpert C (2007). “Loss-of-function mutations in the cardiac calcium channel underlie a new clinical entity characterized by ST-segment elevation, short QT intervals, and sudden cardiac death”. Circulation. 115 (4): 442–9. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.668392. PMC 1952683. PMID 17224476. Retrieved 2012-09-02. Unknown parameter
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