What Is Long QT Syndrome, And For How Should It Be Treated? Dr. Steve Hammill answers the question: 'What Is Long QT Sydrome?' By ABC News. November 24, 2008, 9:47 AM ...

Whether or not your children will develop long QT syndrome depends on the type of the disease. Most of the time, all the children have to get an EKG and sometimes another test to see if further ...

The good news: If long QT syndrome is diagnosed, death is preventable with medicine or in some cases a pacemaker or automatic defibrillator. Dr.

Outcomes for long QT syndrome patients treated at specialty center are better Date: July 17, 2017 Source: Mayo Clinic Summary: Sudden cardiac death, and episodes of fainting and seizures from long ...

Congenital or inherited long QT syndrome affects about 1 in 2,000 people. That statistic, however, is likely an underestimate, because people can have the disorder for years and not know it.

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 ...

Long QT syndrome is caused by mutations in genes that regulate the heart's electrical activity. These mutations can cause the heart to have sudden, irregular heart rhythms, or arrhythmias.

Timothy syndrome, a rare autosomal-dominant disorder, is characterized by presence of a heart arrythmia (long QT syndrome), which causes the cardiac muscle to take longer than usual to recharge ...