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Revista Colombiana de Cardiología
Print version ISSN 0120-5633
Abstract
TORRES-TOBAR, Lilian; OLAYA, Alejandro; CIFUENTES, Jennifer and ACOSTA, Juan S.. Description of 2 families with long QT syndrome. Rev. Colomb. Cardiol. [online]. 2021, vol.28, n.1, pp.80-85. Epub Mar 19, 2021. ISSN 0120-5633. https://doi.org/10.24875/rccar.m21000013.
Long QT syndrome represents a group of electrophysiologic disorders characterized by a prolongation in the QT interval that are associated with sudden death, ventricular tachycardia and syncope. We present 2 families describing the clinical presentation, the genetic study and their respective treatment also there is a brief review about long QT syndrome.
Keywords : Long QT syndrome (LQTS); Sudden death; Syncope; Ventricular tachycardia.