Masquerade of a Silent Killer
Journal Title: Oman Medical Journal - Year 2011, Vol 26, Issue 5
Abstract
Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS), referred to as a ticking time-bomb is a cause of sudden death in young infants, children and adults.1 Its prevalence is estimated to be 1 in 2500 to 1 in 10,000 individuals internationally, with no racial predilection.2 It should be viewed as an unrecognized rather than a rare condition.1 This is a descriptive report of eight children diagnosed to have congenital LQTS from 2000 to 2007 (Table 1), in Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, the main tertiary referral hospital for Sarawak. The population of Sarawak (2006 Census) was 2,357,500 and that of Kuching, 435,000.
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Padmini Venkataramani, Muthuswamy Ramaswamy
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