FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The discovery of a heart condition in young people used to mean "benching" from them sports for good. But doctors have found a way to keep kids in the game, despite their ...

A machine learning model was more effective at detecting congenital long QT syndrome on resting ECGs than manual measurement of QT intervals by arrhythmia experts, in a new study. Researchers ...

LQT-1213 is a first-in-class serum glucocorticoid regulated kinase 1 inhibitor. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug designation to LQT-1213, a first-in-class serum ...

Leuven, Belgium - Physicians in Belgium are warning colleagues about a misdiagnosis they say may be relatively common, particularly among young patients, but easily prevented with electrophysiological ...

Wave II clinical study will evaluate THRV-1268, Thryv's oral SGK1 inhibitor, in adults with Long QT Syndrome Type 2. Wave II is informed by the successful Wave I clinical study with LQT-1213 and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In long QT syndrome, patients doing vigorous exercise did not have more events than those doing nonvigorous ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In people with long QT syndrome, vigorous exercise did not raise risk for death or arrhythmias vs. nonvigorous ...

Timothy syndrome (TS), a rare autosomal-dominant disorder, is characterized by presence of a heart arrhythmia (long QT syndrome), which causes the cardiac muscle to take longer than usual to recharge ...

Tester DJ and Ackerman MJ (2007) Postmortem long QT syndrome genetic testing for sudden unexplained death in the young. J Am Coll Cardiol 49: 240–246 A number of studies have implicated long QT ...

Q: I recently read that long QT syndrome is quite common. What is it, and how is it diagnosed? I have read that fainting may be one sign of the disorder. Can long QT syndrome be treated? A: Long QT ...

Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) is caused by mutations in genes encoding cardiac ion channels, and is characterized by prolongation of the ventricular cardiac action potential, which lengthens the ...

In many low- and middle-income countries, pediatric cardiologists can't help children with congenital heart conditions because of a critical hurdle. They don't have easy access to advanced diagnostic ...