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Congenital and acquired long QT syndromes (CLQTS’s) have similar features and torsade de pointes is the arrhythmia they have in common. Such arrhythmia, generally self-limiting, can sometimes result in ventricular fibrillation and cause sudden death.
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Cappato, R. (1997). The Long QT Syndrome. In: Pelliccia, A., Caselli, G., Bellotti, P. (eds) Advances in Sports Cardiology. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2298-0_10
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