Short QT syndrome risk factors

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Short QT syndrome is an autosomal dominantly 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.