Showing posts with label arrhythmia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label arrhythmia. Show all posts

Monday, 18 February 2019

Long QT syndrome


This is a type of cardiac arrhythmia.

 

Types


Causes
Iatrogenic: various psychiatric medications
Genetic syndromes

Consequences
Torsades de pointes (a ventricular tachycardia) (life-threatening)