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Short QT Syndrome

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In 2000, for the first time a short QT interval was linked to a sporadic case of sudden cardiac death and an unrelated family with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.1,2 Three years later, a short QT interval associated with a high risk of sudden cardiac was first described in two unrelated families.3

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Wolpert, C., Veltmann, C., Schimpf, R., Borggrefe, M. (2010). Short QT Syndrome. In: Brugada, R. (eds) Clinical Approach to Sudden Cardiac Death Syndromes. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-927-5_11

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