Abstract
Given the association of long QT syndrome (LQTS) and neurological disorders, we speculated that the more severe LQTS phenotype, perinatal LQTS, would exhibit more frequent comorbid neurodevelopmental anomalies than LQTS without perinatal arrhythmias (nonperinatal LQTS). Congenital LQTS with life-threatening perinatal arrhythmias (perinatal LQTS) has a poor life prognosis. Twenty-one consecutive LQTS patients diagnosed before 1 year of age at our institution and 3 previously reported perinatal LQTS patients with neurological seizures were enrolled. In total, the clinical course was evaluated in 24 patients. Among 21 infantile LQTS patients, 5 of 6 with perinatal LQTS (83%) were diagnosed with epilepsy and 4 (67%) with developmental disorders, but none with nonperinatal LQTS were. The total development quotient by Kinder Infant Development Scale scores was 17 to 72 (median 67) in 5 epileptic perinatal LQTS. In the 8 perinatal LQTS patients with neurological disorders, including 3 previously reported cases, epileptic seizures occurred at 2 days to 2.5 years of age and 5 had developmental disorders. Mutations in these 8 patients were located in the transmembrane loop of KCNH2, and D3/S4-S5 linker, D4/S4, or the D4/S6 segment of SCN...Continue Reading
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