long QT syndrome
condition involving delayed repolarization of the heart during the heartbeat cycle
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Summary
long QT syndrome is a rare disease[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of rare disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,708 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Subclass of: heart arrhythmia[4], intrinsic cardiomyopathy[5], QT interval prolonged[6]
- Commons category: Long QT syndrome[7]
- Opposite of: short QT syndrome[8]
- Symptoms and signs: heart arrhythmia[9]
- ICD-9-CM: 426.82[10]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C85049[11], C34786[12]
- Health specialty: cardiology[13]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: nadolol[14]
- Genetic association: KCNQ1[15], CALM1[16], CALM2[17], CALM3[18], KCNH2[19]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_2843[20], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:2843[21], http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_768[22]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[23]
- Possible medical findings: QT interval prolonged[24]
- Has phenotype: torsades de pointes[25]
- P14541: 1WdxIQ[26]
Why It Matters
long QT syndrome has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]