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Short QT syndrome is an autosomal dominant inherited disease, and having a family member with the disase places an individual at risk for the disease. Family members of affected individuals should therefore be screened. New onset [[lone atrial fibrillation]] may be a marker of the disease, and young patients with [[lone atrial fibrillation]] should be screened as well. | Short QT syndrome is an autosomal dominant inherited disease, and having a family member with the disase places an individual at risk for the disease. Family members of affected individuals should therefore be screened. New onset [[lone atrial fibrillation]] may be a marker of the disease, and young patients with [[lone atrial fibrillation]] should be screened as well. Short QT syndrome should be excluded in patients without structural heart disease presenting with sudden cardiac death. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Short QT syndrome is an autosomal dominant inherited disease, and having a family member with the disase places an individual at risk for the disease. Family members of affected individuals should therefore be screened. New onset lone atrial fibrillation may be a marker of the disease, and young patients with lone atrial fibrillation should be screened as well. Short QT syndrome should be excluded in patients without structural heart disease presenting with sudden cardiac death.