Long QT syndrome affects the heart’s rhythm. If it is left untreated, the condition can be fatal. Learn more about the symptoms and treatment here.

A machine learning model was more effective at detecting congenital long QT syndrome on resting ECGs than manual measurement of QT intervals by arrhythmia experts, in a new study. Researchers ...

Five factors underlie the ongoing overdiagnosis and misdiagnosis of long QT syndrome (LQTS), including temporary QT prolongation following vasovagal syncope, a "pseudo"-positive genetic test ...

The parents of 21-year-old college student Sarah Katz are suing Panera Bread, alleging its "Charged Lemonade" played a role in her death. Katz had long QT syndrome type 1, so she avoided energy ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug designation to LQT-1213, a first-in-class serum glucocorticoid regulated kinase 1 (SGK1) inhibitor, for the treatment of long QT ...

To test DRIVE, the researchers focused on a rare variant in the gene KCNE1 that causes Type 5 Long QT syndrome (LQT5). The KCNE1 gene encodes a protein that modifies potassium currents.

PHILADELPHIA — In people with congenital long QT syndrome, vigorous exercise did not raise risk for death or ventricular arrhythmias compared with nonvigorous exercise, according to the results ...

Repolarization abbreviation with the antiarrhythmic drug mexiletine has been found to normalize the QTc interval and reduce the rate of events in long QT syndrome type 3 (LQT3), but it is only ...

In patients with long QT syndrome, vigorous exercise did not appear to increase CV event risk vs. nonvigorous exercise regardless of age, sex or genotype, according to new data from the LIVE-LQTS ...