Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2928436 | Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The assessment of risk in the asymptomatic patient with long QT syndrome can often be a challenging task, particularly when the available evidence is limited to relatively small retrospective registries, not to mention the need to consider the effect of individual patient factors which are often difficult to quantitate. We describe the relatively uncommon case of a man with a long-standing diagnosis of Long QT 2 syndrome who suffered his first cardiac event in his late 60's, likely precipitated by the development of paroxysmal atrial tachycardia. A brief review of the available literature on risk assessment in adults with genetically confirmed long QT syndrome who have remained asymptomatic late into adulthood will follow the case.
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Authors
Justin Ng, Chirag Barbhaiya, Tobias Reichlin, Koichi Nagashima, Roy John,