Featured review: Learning from studying very rare cardiac conditions: the example of short QT syndrome
In this review, Hancox et al. make an imperative case to study rare conditions such as short QT syndrome (SQTS), a condition with rare genetic forms that may be underdiagnosed and carrying the risk of sudden death. The detailed study of SQTS is both directly beneficial for the treatment/management of affected patients and for increasing the understanding of associated underlying cardiac physiology and pharmacology. The pursuit of underlying gene mutations can lead to unanticipated new links between particular genes and cardiac electrophysiology, opening new avenues for research and potential therapeutic intervention.
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Profile of congenital heart disease and access to definitive care among children seen at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital in Northern Uganda: a four-year experience
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Pregnancy in the FONTAN palliation: physiology, management and new insights from bioengineering
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Down syndrome and congenital heart disease: perioperative planning and management
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Reversible acute Fontan circulation failure secondary to retrogradely conducted junctional rhythm: clinical echocardiographic correlation
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Anomalous pulmonary venous drainage: a pictorial essay with a CT focus
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Stenting of the right ventricular outflow tract as primary palliation for Fallot-type lesions
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Down syndrome and congenital heart disease: perioperative planning and management
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Arrhythmias in pulmonary arterial hypertension
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Role of cardiac MRI and CT in Fontan circulation
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