?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Long+QT+Syndrome&rft.creator=Vincent%2C+G.+Michael&rft.subject=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Journal&rft.description=The+Long+QT+syndrome+(LQTS)+can+be+inherited+or+acquired+and+is+of+particular+interest+and+concern+at+present.+Patients+with+LQTS+are+predisposed+to+the+ventricular+tachyarrhythmia+torsade+de+pointes+(TdP)+which+causes+syncope+and+sudden+death.+Inherited+LQTS+is+the+prototype+of+the+%E2%80%9Cprimary+cardiac+arrhythmias%E2%80%9D+or+%E2%80%9Ccardiac+ion+channelopathies%E2%80%9D.+The+study+of+inherited+LQTS+has+provided+enormous+insight+into+the+molecular+basis+of+cardiac+electrophysiology+and+arrhythmogenesis+in+general.+Drug+induced+LQTS+is+the+most+common+cause+of+acquired+LQTS%2C+and+is+a+pressing+public+health+issue.+Considerable+attention+has+been+focussed+on+this+form+of+LQTS+following+the+withdrawal+from+the+USA+market+of+a+number+of+prescription+medications%2C+including+terfenedine+in+2000+and+cisapride+in+2001.+This+review+will+discuss+both+forms%2C+but+with+more+emphasis+on+inherited+LQTS.%0A&rft.publisher=Indian+Pacing+and+Electrophysiology+Group&rft.contributor=Singh%2C+Balbir&rft.contributor=Lokhandwala%2C+Yash&rft.contributor=Francis%2C+Johnson&rft.contributor=Gupta%2C+Anup&rft.date=2002-10&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4302%2F1%2Fvincent.htm&rft.identifier=++Vincent%2C+G.+Michael++(2002)+The+Long+QT+Syndrome.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4302%2F