Medical Definition of Long QT syndrome
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A syndrome characterised by history of syncopal episodes and a long qt interval, sometimes leading to sudden death due to paroxysmal ventricular arrhythmia.
When associated with autosomal recessive inheritance and congenital deafness, it is called the jervell-lange nielsen syndrome.
When associated with autosomal dominant inheritance and no deafness is present, it is called the romano-ward syndrome.
(21 Jun 1999)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Long QT Syndrome
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