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CONGENITAL LONG QT SYNDROME TYPE 2: THE CASE OF A MISDIAGNOSED ARRHYTHMIA AND A NEAR FALL FROM DEATH

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Long QT Syndrome-2 (LQT2) is a rare congenital disorder of ventricular myocardial repolarization due to heterozygous mutations in the alpha subunit of the rapid rectifier potassium channel of HERG and… Click to show full abstract

Long QT Syndrome-2 (LQT2) is a rare congenital disorder of ventricular myocardial repolarization due to heterozygous mutations in the alpha subunit of the rapid rectifier potassium channel of HERG and MiRP1 genes resulting in slowing of cardiac potassium channels. It is characterized by prolonged QT

Keywords: syndrome type; congenital long; long syndrome; case misdiagnosed; misdiagnosed arrhythmia; type case

Journal Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Year Published: 2019

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