[Familial long QT interval and sudden death (author's transl)].
A family in whom two brothers, a sister and the father presented a long QT interval is reported. The father died suddenly at the age of 37. The opportunity of a more careful research of the syndrome, now underdiagnosed, is underlined in view of the curability such disease.
D000219:Adams-Stokes Syndrome / Q000235:genetics; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003645:Death, Sudden; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D010375:Pedigree; D013575:Syncope; D013577:Syndrome; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000235:genetics
Allungamento familiare del QT e morte improvvisa.