Population
Two families with members who had a history of seizures and hereditary prolongation of the Q-T interval.
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Family seizure history with sudden death may indicate long QT syndrome; case reports leave open whether ECG screening is warranted.
A personal or family history of seizures may be an important clinical indicator of hereditary long QT syndrome, which carries a risk of sudden cardiac death.
J. Timothy Bricker (1984) studied this question.
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