Novel electrocardiographic criteria for short QT syndrome in children and adolescents

Although shortening of the corrected QT interval (QTc) is a key finding in the diagnosis of short QT syndrome (SQTS), there may be overlap of the QTc between SQTS patients and normal subjects in childhood and adolescence. We aimed to investigate electrocardiographic findings for differentiation of SQTS patients.The SQTS group comprised 34 SQTS patients <20 years old, including 9 from our institutions and 25 from previous reports. The control...