In fact, this abnormality of the heart's electrical system deserves this term. LQTS may cause 3.000-4.000 sudden deaths of children and young adults each year in the United States. Persons with LQTS can, if not under medication, develop a very fast heart rhythm during physical or emotional excitement leading to a sudden heart death . Medicine knows little about LQTS . Although it was first described in 1957, it got full attention by medicine only now.
Science reckons that there are more LQTS patients as first supposed.
Meanwhile, LQTS is made responsible for many sudden deaths of children and young adults, and it appears to be the leading cause of sudden death below age 20, in absence of structural heart disease. To fight this silent killer, we have to collect information about it. It is the best way to improve medicine's possibilities and to avoid tragedies within families. If you or a friend of yours is a LQTS patient, please mail us your experiences. The LQTS Center is neither a foundation, nor a site maintained by any health organization.