Congenital short QT syndrome
Posted by: Johnson Francis on: 26 Jan, 2009
Congenital short QT syndrome is new inherited clinical syndrome which was described by Gussak et al in 2000. (Cardiology. 2000;94:99-102). A gene mutation causing short QT syndrome was first demonstrated by Brugada et al in January 2004. This mutation in HERG (KCNH2) gene was later called as SQT1 and was due to gain in function [...]
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