Surdo-cardiac syndrome: incidence among children in schools for the deaf.
This is a report on a survey of 1126 deaf children in three schools for the deaf in the Province of Ontario. One case of the surdo-cardiac syndrome previously reported is included. There were four other children who had a history of syncope but no prolongation of the Q-T interval on the ECG. It is possible that these may represent a variant of the syndrome. Five more children had a prolonged Q-T interval but no fainting spells.
D000219:Adams-Stokes Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003638:Deafness / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009864:Ontario; D013575:Syncope / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology