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Syncope

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Ask about family history of unexplained syncope or sudden death c

Why?

  • Long QT syndrome is a rare, inherited but treatable cause of syncope and sudden death.
  • 80% of patients experience syncope, 45% have a family history of sudden death at < 50yrs c
 

Expiry date: June 2004
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Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   W N   Kapoor
CAT Writers   CM   Ball , B   Phillips , CJ   Wotton