– 24-hour Holter tracing showing: A) Macroalternation of the T wave, B) QTc interval of 640ms and a short-long-short sequence generating an episode of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia associated ...

Medicine often takes a one-size-fits-all approach, but a disorder's root cause can vary. Vanderbilt researchers have found ...

Medical experts reveal the 5 most common causes of sudden death, their warning signs, and what you can do to reduce your risk ...

Objective To characterise patients with trisomy 21 (Down syndrome, DS) based on the data of the German National Register for Congenital Heart Defects, to identify changes in the availability of ...

Scientists have identified novel genetic interactions that may contribute to congenital heart disease (CHD), a common birth defect. Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and ...

Congenital heart disease was noted in 13% of patients ... Four of these 12 children were known to have a degree of AV conduction delay before attending the ED. An additional six patients with long QT ...

Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the most common major birth defects ... The interactions between genetics and genomic and environmental factors in CHDs. 5. The associations between long-term ...

Long QT syndrome type 3 gain-of-function of Na v 1.5 increases ventricular fibroblasts proliferation and pro-fibrotic factors The Scn5a-ΔQKP mouse model of long QT syndrome type 3 unveils the ...

The development of infants with congenital hypothyroidism has been revolutionised with the institution of early and adequate treatment afforded by screening, thereby preventing intellectual impairment ...

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) can affect all ages, with varying causes for those under 35 and over. Early detection of symptoms ...